ab'surdly
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absurd (əbˈsɜːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | at variance with reason; manifestly false |
| 2. | ludicrous; ridiculous |
| —n | |
| 3. | (sometimes capital) philosophy the absurd the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless |
| [C16: via French from Latin absurdus dissonant, senseless, from | |
| ab'surdity | |
| —n | |
| ab'surdness | |
| —n | |
| ab'surdly | |
| —adv | |
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