preposterously

1. 1.

   so as to arouse or deserve laughter

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

   Synonymslaughablyridiculouslyludicrously

Questions about preposterously

What does preposterously mean?

preposterously means "so as to arouse or deserve laughter".

How many syllables are in preposterously?

preposterously has 5 syllables: pre-po-ste-rou-sly. The stress falls on "ste".

What is another word for preposterously?

Close synonyms include laughably, ridiculously, ludicrously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preposterously a common word?

preposterously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.