LUDICROUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ludicrously mean? 

• LUDICROUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb LUDICROUSLY has 1 sense:

1. so as to arouse or deserve laughter

  Familiarity information: LUDICROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUDICROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So as to arouse or deserve laughter

Synonyms:

laughably; ludicrously; preposterously; ridiculously

Context example:

her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well

Pertainym:

ludicrous (broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce)

 Context examples 

To wit, in manner following, that is to say: Again, Mr. Micawber had a relish in this formal piling up of words, which, however ludicrously displayed in his case, was, I must say, not at all peculiar to him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)