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preposterously en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /pɹɪˈpɒstɹəsli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹəˈpɑstɹəsli/ (General-American)
• /pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəsli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹəˈpɑstəɹəsli/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English preposterous Middle English -ly English -ly English preposterously From preposterous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a preposterous manner.
   • The opening sections of Martin’s biography are clogged with genealogical chronicles of the Garcías (the father’s family) and the Márquezes (the mother’s), snaking into the 19th century — a preposterously tangled story of cousins and noncousins united in wedlock, nonwedlock, near-incest, vendetta-mania and frontier trailblazing in the Colombian wilds[…] 2009 June 7, Paul Berman, “Telling the Tale”, in The New York Times:
   • Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. 1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform:

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