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# absurdly

adverb

«absurdly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a silly or ridiculous way, so that people think it is foolish or unreasonable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, a character who acts in a silly way that others need not take seriously

### Examples

- He jumped about absurdly on one leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdly/#x1)
- She dressed absurdly for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdly/#x2)
- "Don't behave so absurdly," said Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «absurdly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«absurdly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/absurdly.html) on Mova free.