preposterous
adjective
preposterously
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a word derived from
preposterous.
Example Sentences
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It has received mostly positive reviews so far, with Empire calling it "witty, wise and preposterously entertaining", whilst Deadline says it is "a mission accomplished, an engaging piece of science fiction".
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Their care was funded by great commercial wealth—among the most compelling characters here is the man whose bequest first financed the Innocenti: Francesco Datini, a preposterously wealthy, libidinous and melancholy-prone merchant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Learning English from reruns of “Law & Order,” the being now called Harry will preposterously succeed in his masquerade, and in doing so, join a community that will ultimately improve him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
It is about his preposterously unlikely trip to Vietnam in 1967 to bring his soldier friends a beer and a hug of support from their home neighborhood of Inwood in Upper Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as a harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
