Hypertext Webster Gateway: "laughably"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Laughable \Laugh"a*ble\, a.
Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable
scene.
Syn: Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See {Droll}, and
{Ludicrous}. -- {Laugh"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Laugh"a*bly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
laughably
adv : so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was
laughably small, but she managed to live well" [syn: {ridiculously},
{ludicrously}, {preposterously}]
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