preposterously (adv.) Old form(s): preposterouslie , prepostrously
out of the normal course of events, unnaturally, perversely
H5 II.ii.112[King Henry to Scroop] whatsoever cunning fiend it was / That wrought upon thee so preposterously
MND III.ii.121[Puck to Oberon] those things do best please me / That befall preposterously
MW II.ii.231[Falstaff to Ford as Brook] Methinks you prescribe to yourself very preposterously
Oth I.iii.62[Brabantio to Duke] For nature so preposterously to err
Sonn.109.11[of his nature] That it could so preposterously be stained, / To leave for nothing all thy sum of good
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