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# absurdly

«absurdly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a silly or ridiculous way, so that people think it is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «absurdly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.