English → Latin
“absurdly” in Latin
ineptusunsuitable; impertinent, improper, tasteless; senseless, sillyabsurdusdiscordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent, illogical; silly, stupid, senseless, absurd, worthlessīnsulsusunsalted, flavorless; deprived of wit, not clever, dull, stupid, absurd; bungling, awkwardfatuusfoolish, silly, simple, stupid; insipid, tasteless; awkward, clumsy, unwieldystultusfoolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-consideredstolidusstupid, foolishpuerīlisboyish, youthful; immature, childishsubabsurdussomewhat absurdperabsurdusvery absurd
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
absurdly
inepte, absurde, inficete, insulse.
Foolishly, fatue, stulto, stolide.
Childishly, pueriliter. Somewhat absurdly, subabsurde. Very absurdly, perabsurde.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for absurdly?
- The usual Latin words for “absurdly” are ineptus, absurdus, īnsulsus; also fatuus, stultus, stolidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.