(adv) in an idiotic manner, Example:what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically
(adj) incongruous;inviting ridicule, Syn. laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, cockeyed, derisory, ridiculous, idiotic, nonsensical, Example:the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework; that's a cockeyed idea; ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer; a contribution so small as to be laughable; it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion; a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history; her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; belonging to a private man, private. See Idiot. ] A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary. [ 1913 Webster ]