preposterously

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BBC Culture film reviewer Nicolas Barber described the space epic as "a mind-stretching sci-fi" that manages to be "zippily entertaining" throughout, while Empire called it "witty, wise and preposterously entertaining".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Their care was funded by great commercial wealth—among the most compelling characters here is the man whose bequest first financed the Innocenti: Francesco Datini, a preposterously wealthy, libidinous and melancholy-prone merchant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Learning English from reruns of “Law & Order,” the being now called Harry will preposterously succeed in his masquerade, and in doing so, join a community that will ultimately improve him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

It is about his preposterously unlikely trip to Vietnam in 1967 to bring his soldier friends a beer and a hug of support from their home neighborhood of Inwood in Upper Manhattan.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as a harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut