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. Conn

: 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

The hotel achieves the invaluable trick of being ridiculously close to an international airport while feeling completely cut off from the rest of the world. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Some of the movie is an acid satire of pre-wedding rituals — like the first dance that Charlie and Emma are dutifully rehearsing for, with a ridiculously stern taskmaster of a coach. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026

Because both just have this ridiculously uncanny knack for being two steps ahead of everybody on what’s going to happen. —Grace Raynor, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

The bar for Hole’s first actual TV miniseries, therefore, is ridiculously low. —Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously