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laughably

adv

Etymology

From laughable + -ly.

  1. inherited from *hlahjaną✻
  2. inherited from *hlahhjan✻
  3. inherited from hlæhhan
  4. inherited from laughen
  5. suffixed as laughable — “laugh + able”
  6. suffixed as laughably — “laughable + ly”

Definitions

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

    • From Crewe, of course, the ten-coach load of 347/370 tons was a laughably easy proposition for the two engines, between them in effect making up Class "11" power, and they fairly romped away with the train.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at laughably. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at laughably. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at laughably

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA