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
Charis W. Coa 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
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Liz and Dick fell in love on the set of Cleopatra, the ridiculously expensive and lavish epic love story of the ancient Egyptian queen and the Roman general Mark Antony.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Confusingly, Cardi gives us three songs to settle into her Drama persona before calling Selena Gomez for a pop number that’s either ridiculously catchy or immediately forgettable, depending on your mood.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
While there's plenty to gawk at on-screen, the movie's greatest legacy might be its ridiculously quotable dialogue.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Ideas that seemed intriguing in the salons of Paris—ideas like dividing the whole country up into eighty-one uniform squares, each administered as a unit of local government—turned out to be ridiculously unworkable.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Confusingly, Cardi gives us three songs to settle into her Drama persona before calling Selena Gomez for a pop number that’s either ridiculously catchy or immediately forgettable, depending on your mood.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
While there's plenty to gawk at on-screen, the movie's greatest legacy might be its ridiculously quotable dialogue.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Ideas that seemed intriguing in the salons of Paris—ideas like dividing the whole country up into eighty-one uniform squares, each administered as a unit of local government—turned out to be ridiculously unworkable.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Ridiculously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridiculously. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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