All 3 Uses of
ludicrous
in
Middlemarch
- Celia felt a sort of shame mingled with a sense of the ludicrous.†
Chpt 1 *
- Mr. Will Ladislaw's sense of the ludicrous lit up his features very agreeably: it was the pure enjoyment of comicality, and had no mixture of sneering and self-exaltation.†
Chpt 1
- Fred had overheard Mr. Jonah suggesting something about a "love-child," and with this thought in his mind, the stranger's face, which happened to be opposite him, affected him too ludicrously.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(ludicrous) absurd in an amusing way