Preposterously

Definition: Preposterously

Preposterously

Adverb

1. So as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well".

Synonyms within Context: Preposterously

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Greatness	Immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Usage Frequency: Preposterously

"Preposterously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Preposterously" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Preposterously

Modern Translation: Preposterously

Language		Translations for "preposterously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		十分�'谬地. (various references)

German		lächerliche (ridiculously). (various references)

Hungarian		oktalanul (unwisely), nevetségesen (foolishly, laughably, ludicrously), abszurd módon. (various references)

Korean		터무니없게. (various references)

Pig Latin		eposterouslypray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Preposterously

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-l-o-o-p-p-r-r-s-s-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: preposterous, propertyless, prosperously.
	-3 letters: polyestrous, proteolyses.
	-4 letters: polyesters, poulterers, proselytes, prosperous, superports, superstore, suppletory, supporters.
	-5 letters: estoppels, operosely, oppressor, outsleeps, oysterers, peloruses, polyester, polypores, polypuses, posturers, poulterer, proestrus, prolepses, prolusory, properest, proposers, proptoses, proselyte, prostyles, proteoses, proteuses, purposely, pyloruses, reopposes, repulsers, resoluter, resolutes, resprouts, retrousse, septuples, serotypes, stroppers, superport, superpose, superpros, supporter, uprooters, urostyles.
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