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Meanings of most preposterous in English

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Usage of most preposterous in English
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And the most preposterous thought is, at 33, she's better than ever.
The Guardian
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This is the most preposterous of the all the usual rehashed arguments.
The Irish Times
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He and Father Waggett egged each other on to the most preposterous amusements.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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I told you at the start it was all most preposterous, she answered.
Over the Pass
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He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most preposterous clock.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
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We'll include all the most preposterous old wives' tales now current.
The Beautiful and Damned
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In such instances, you know, women make the most preposterous statements and believe them.
Gordon Keith
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That sounds like a euphemism of the most preposterous proportions.
The Guardian
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We are in a muddle of the most preposterous theories!
Three Comedies
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The most preposterous fabrication of falsehood that could be devised!
That Mainwaring Affair
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Oh, it was madness-themost inconceivable, the most preposterous madness.
The Lady of the Basement Flat
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They created the most preposterous romances; and could not get the credit of creating them.
Alarms and Discursions
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It is most preposterous that ladies should be left in the snow for an hour.
The Mistletoe Bough
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Even the most preposterous of religious systems proves to have a remarkable power of survival.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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The most preposterous stories, such as his firing into the air, were invented and believed.
Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and Heredity
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Of all my little affairs of that nature, his was the most preposterous and absurd.
Without a Home
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