preposterously
(ad.)毫無道理地
Pre·pos·ter·ous a.
1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.]
The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. --Woodward.
2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. “Most preposterous conclusions.”
Preposterous ass, that never read so far! --Shak.
Syn: -- Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd.
-- Pre*pos*ter*ous*ly, adv. -Pre*pos*ter*ous*ness, n.
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preposterously
adv : so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was
laughably small, but she managed to live well" [syn: laughably,
ridiculously, ludicrously]