Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a risible manner; laughably.

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  • adverb In a risible manner.

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Examples

  • Their work as a publicist is risibly unprofessional, and their online presence reeks of cynical exploitation.

    Oh Dear Dog Hal Duncan 2010

  • But Christopher Hitchens was not a run-of-the-mill hack, although that is how he sometimes risibly described himself: he operated on a much greater canvas, plied his wares with unfeasible talent, energy and confidence, wrote more, spoke more, drank more and knew more people than any other member of his trade thought possible.

    Christopher Hitchens: my friend, a man who never lost his taste for intimacy and good conversation | Henry Porter 2011

  • Having spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time being bounced from pointless droid to pointless droid, I found myself in conversation with one of your risibly-titled 'Sales Assistants', where I stated my requirements - a Parrot MKi9200 handsfree system.

    Time and Halfords Dungeekin 2009

  • Their work as a publicist is risibly unprofessional, and their online presence reeks of cynical exploitation.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • You seem to think this is a sophisticated philosophy, but to the Elders of Sodom it appears risibly simplistic -- practically crude and ignorant in its systematisation of potential human behaviour into a set of axioms bearing little relation to reality, and all of these articulated in a one note modality of "must" and "must not," judging this action a virtue to be proud of, that one a vice to be ashamed of.

    An Open Letter to John C. Wright Hal Duncan 2009

  • Sport has become risibly sanitised, in my humble opinion.2nd over: New Zealand 9-0 Guptill 0, B McCullum 7 Shaun Tait starts with consecutive wides.

    Australia v New Zealand - live! | Rob Smyth 2011

  • Having spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time being bounced from pointless droid to pointless droid, I found myself in conversation with one of your risibly-titled 'Sales Assistants', where I stated my requirements - a Parrot MKi9200 handsfree system.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • Appointed amid much fanfare by the government to the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer, created by the risibly-named Federal Accountability Act, Page has been relegated to flunky status in the Library of Parliament, with a tiny budget and no authority.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • You seem to think this is a sophisticated philosophy, but to the Elders of Sodom it appears risibly simplistic -- practically crude and ignorant in its systematisation of potential human behaviour into a set of axioms bearing little relation to reality, and all of these articulated in a one note modality of "must" and "must not," judging this action a virtue to be proud of, that one a vice to be ashamed of.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Similarly, the comparison between paradise and a fast-track pass to the rides at Alton Towers may at first be risibly ridiculous, but as the drama progresses the phrase "rubber dinghy rapids" becomes increasingly plaintive and peculiarly moving.

    Cemetery Junction; Four Lions; Hot Tub Time Machine 2010

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