Meaning & use
ludicrously
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In a way that is so absurd or ridiculous as to be laughable.
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The plot twist was ludicrously implausible, even for a comic book movie.
He arrived ludicrously overdressed for what turned out to be a casual barbecue.
A note on using this word
Ludicrously derives from the Latin word ludicrus, meaning sportive or done in jest, a root shared with ludicrous.
Words with a similar meaning
absurdlyridiculously
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Words with an opposite meaning
reasonablysensibly
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