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Significados de preposterously en inglés

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So as to arouse or deserve laughter.

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Uso de preposterously en inglés
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Cars of this ilk are thirsty, fragile and, of course, preposterously expensive.
BBC
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And in everything he said and did he was almost preposterously unreserved.
The Way of Ambition
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The cooking arrangements were preposterously inadequate, and the laundry was a farce.
Eminent Victorians
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Two shapes in white, with shadows preposterously lengthening, went down the hill.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
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Man has no choice but to surge and boil, or stiffen preposterously.
Complete Short Works of George Meredith
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It disclosed a poorly lighted stairway, very broad, unrailed, and preposterously steep.
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life
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Even now as a species, we are almost preposterously vulnerable in the wild.
A short history of nearly everything
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Hopefully it'll even spark a resurgence of the preposterously violent mainstream action film.
The Guardian
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All at once I was feeling preposterously sorry for the creature.
Ruggles of Red Gap
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She had taken the most preposterously long time to put Richard to bed.
The Judge
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He either neglected to attack these ships or attempted it preposterously.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
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It sounds so preposterously up-to-date and modernish for this darling, leisurely old place.
Anne's House of Dreams
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To a 1970s teenager, the language seemed preposterously unfashionable and irrelevant.
The Irish Times
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It stands for any one who is utterly, preposterously, altogether, selfish.
The Upas Tree: A Christmas Story for all the Year
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Manucho lies prone on the floor, having been preposterously barged over onto it.
The Guardian
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Potter, you really are just as foolish and preposterously self-absorbed as your father.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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