absurdly
/əbˈsɜːdli/ (bre, ipa) · /əbˈsɜːrdli/ (ame, ipa) · /əb-ˈsərd-lē, ab-, -ˈzərd-/ (ame, mw)
absurdly — adverb
1. foolishly or without good sense, or to an extent so extreme that it seems almost
foolishly or without good sense, or to an extent so extreme that it seems almost laughable.
The rent in that tiny studio was absurdly high for our neighborhood.
absurdly + adjective to show excessive degree
Nina absurdly blamed the cat for the broken kitchen window.
absurdly + verb judging an action as foolish
By six o'clock, the line outside the bakery was absurdly long.
The coach left absurdly early, before the sun reached the school gate.
To save ten cents, Owen absurdly drove across town for cheaper milk.
- ridiculously
very close in everyday use, especially for extreme degree; slightly more conversational in tone
- unreasonably
more neutral and less mocking; stresses lack of fairness or logic
- foolishly
best when the focus is on a person's bad action, not on degree
- irrationally
more formal and mental-process focused; common in psychology or argument
- reasonably
shows a fair or sensible degree instead of an extreme one
- sensibly
focuses on good judgement rather than foolish behaviour
文法句型
absurdly + adjective
absurdly + adverb
absurdly + verb
用法筆記
Most often placed before an adjective or another adverb to mark an extreme degree: 'absurdly expensive', 'absurdly small', 'absurdly early'. When it modifies a verb, it openly judges the action itself as foolish rather than merely describing how it happened.