| 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 |