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

As cool as the news about the longer cut of the second movie may be, unless someone from the Marvel Universe builds a time machine, no one is ever going to see a version of the first film that came ridiculously close to happening — one which featured a cameo by Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. —Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 June 2025

That same coating also makes cleanup ridiculously quick and easy. —Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2025

Trifles themselves are wonderfully easy summer desserts and ridiculously flexible. —Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025

This ridiculously high-concept comedy is the odd merger of Boyle’s sensibilities and those of screenwriter Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill). —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously