ridiculously

adverb

ri·​dic·​u·​lous·​ly rə-ˈdi-kyə-ləs-lē 

: in a ridiculous manner

We walked like that, ridiculously, for several blocks.

—Charis W. Co

: to an extreme and ridiculous extent

a ridiculously easy question

a ridiculously small apartment

a ridiculously expensive car

I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction. "When I hear you give your reasons," I remarked, "the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself … "

—Arthur Conan Doyle

Examples of ridiculously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With 5,000 whopping lumens, this thing is ridiculously bright, like its own super moon bottled up in a tube. —Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2024

Now as the lawyers pick apart the carcasses of these firms’ bankruptcy proceedings, raking in ridiculously exorbitant fees, the industry has started to revivify. —Alexander S. Blume, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

Then there’s Sam and Joel’s other bestie, the always delightful, ridiculously named Fred Rococo, played by legendary drag king Murray Hill. —Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024

And as ridiculously massive as this turbine is, there's every chance it'll soon be dwarfed by others even bigger. —New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above