All 4 Uses of
ludicrous
in
Main Street
- Her dreams of creating a beautiful town were ludicrous.†
Chpt 4 *
- He flipped into bed with a solemn back-somersault and a ludicrous kick of his heels as he tucked his legs under the blankets.†
Chpt 14
- She supposed that she was being gracefully dull and standardized in the Smails' presence, but they scented the heretic, and with forward-stooping delight they sat and tried to drag out her ludicrous concepts for their amusement.†
Chpt 20
- Indeed, when she had her own supper, she joined the Kennicotts, and how ludicrous it was to suppose that Maud was a gourmet of emotions Carol saw in the fact that she talked not to one of the town beaux but to the safe Kennicott himself!†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(ludicrous) absurd in an amusing way