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laughably
adverb
uk /ˈlɑː.fə.bli/ us /ˈlæf.ə.bli/
in a way that is so silly it does not deserve to be seriously considered:
Laughably, the programme attempted to portray the couple's relationship as a great romance.
laughably badThe script was full of laughably bad dialogue and improbable coincidences.
He embarked on what was laughably called a fact-finding mission.
Forty years on, the technology seems laughably old-fashioned.
The sample was subjected to analysis techniques that are laughably crude by today's standards.
She laughably claimed that polio was caused by eating too much ice cream.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly
absurd
absurdity
absurdly
adolescent
against your better judgmentidiom
dopey
dopily
dorky
dottiness
dotty
imprudently
in his/her/their wisdomidiom
in someone's infinite wisdomidiom
inadvisable
injudicious
uncritical
uncritically
undiscriminating
unintelligent
unperceptive
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