Used in a Sentence

laughably

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for laughably.

Editorial note

Also, when you factor in the human tendency to pick very easily guessed PIN codes, it's laughably easy.

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Quick take

In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of laughably gathered in one view.

adverb

In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for laughably.

Example sentences

1

Also, when you factor in the human tendency to pick very easily guessed PIN codes, it's laughably easy.

2

The importance of pushing the bar for tooling and infrastructure aside, this is still a laughably bombastic Facebook press release.

3

That's almost laughably incorrect, although unfortunately popular amongst a certain segment of the tech set.

4

But the overall state of infotainment systems is laughably bad, there's a few that are merely ok, most are bad, and some are rage-inducing.

5

I just find the idea of guns making you safe so laughably absurd (and provably false).

6

Every single thing in your spreadsheet is impossible to objectively measure (I'd argue your Java row is laughably incorrect for instance).

7

The author's assertion that this is not anthropogenic is laughably ridiculous.

8

Meanwhile, Russia and China's stealth attempts are laughably terrible, yet we never hear about those.

9

GV on iOS is laughably bad from a UX standpoint.

10

$500 is laughably low for a rent controlled apartment in the neighborhoods where apartments are $3k.

11

It is laughably inferior to Google Apps.

12

Syriza government is laughably incompetent.

Quote examples

1

Rather than laughably disingenuous, that's exactly the case, though it's pretty silly to characterize cynical demagoguery as "calling them out".

2

I don't know if they are using ML or not, but they filled in my "works at" field with laughably wrong information.

3

What a terrible car, especially the "1994 model" which is laughably just the 1974 car as if it were from some Soviet manufacturing line that just wouldn't go away.

4

I'm not even going to address how laughably absurd your characterization of consistent harassment, abuse, and terrifyingly legitimate rape and death threats as "criticism" is.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use laughably in a sentence?

Also, when you factor in the human tendency to pick very easily guessed PIN codes, it's laughably easy.

What does laughably mean?

In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.

What part of speech is laughably?

laughably is commonly used as adverb.