Used in a Sentence

ludicrously

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

Editorial note

Self employed health insurance in New York is ludicrously expensive, or at least it was prior to Obamacare.

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Quick take

In a ludicrous manner.

Meaning at a glance

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

adverb

In a ludicrous manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ludicrously.

Example sentences

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Self employed health insurance in New York is ludicrously expensive, or at least it was prior to Obamacare.

2

Presumably it's long, because you made your per-password salt ludicrously long, because you don't really understand how salts work.

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Is our goal to let successful business leaders become ludicrously wealthy while externalizing much of the risk?

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Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple's gone from that to a ludicrously more profitable, bigger version of that.

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ASN.1 is so ludicrously complex that it has led to a number of severe internet exploits.

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You take your kids to the cinema, pay for the tickets, buy the ludicrously priced popcorn..

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They should be thanking him for highlighting how ludicrously vulnerable their market place is.

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Of course, the annuities don't exist or are ludicrously expensive because it's crazy to try and predict the future so many years out.

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Equally $20/tx fees are still ludicrously high by about three orders of magnitude.

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Then why have wages for US workers stagnated while wages for the ludicrously wealthy have skyrocketed, even though productivity per worker is far higher?

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It's ludicrously dangerous to put the cart before the horse.

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In today's world, its interpretation is ludicrously antiquated.

Quote examples

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It can be ludicrously bad, so you are guaranteed to be compromising "correctness" at several points in time.

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Now it just serves to suck the county coffers dry due to ludicrously exorbitant maintenance costs (I mean, come on, "80 roofs?").

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The view of "major executives" (and Alexander for that matter) in the first paragraph is so ludicrously naive and shallow that I'm forced to believe anything else author has to say is utter waste of my time.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use ludicrously in a sentence?

Self employed health insurance in New York is ludicrously expensive, or at least it was prior to Obamacare.

What does ludicrously mean?

In a ludicrous manner.

What part of speech is ludicrously?

ludicrously is commonly used as adverb.