ludicrously
ludicrously — adverb
1. to a degree so foolish, extreme, or clearly wrong that it seems laughable
to a degree so foolish, extreme, or clearly wrong that it seems laughable
Ayesha thought the designer bag was ludicrously expensive for such a small piece of leather.
ludicrously + adjective (expensive)
Asher appeared at the formal banquet ludicrously dressed in a rubber clown nose.
ludicrously + past participle (dressed)
The hotel charged ludicrously high rates for a tiny room without any windows.
Niran's estimate was ludicrously low — he said the repair would cost just twenty dollars.
The court struck down the law as ludicrously unfair to single-parent families.
- absurdly
interchangeable in most contexts; same register and frequency
- ridiculously
slightly more common and informal than ludicrously
- preposterously
more formal and stronger in tone, suggesting something goes against all reason
- reasonably
opposite in the sense of being within acceptable limits
- sensibly
opposite in the sense of being practical rather than foolish
文法句型
ludicrously + adjective
verb + ludicrously / ludicrously + past participle
用法筆記
Frequently placed directly before an adjective (ludicrously expensive, ludicrously unfair) to intensify the extreme or absurd quality of that adjective. When modifying a past participle, it can appear before or after the verb: 'ludicrously dressed' or 'dressed ludicrously'.