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

Oprah has famously loved Barefoot Dreams for years, and her taste is impeccable because this Weekend Wrap is ridiculously soft. —Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026

But a particle moving near the speed of light will see that radiation coming from ahead of it hugely amplified in energy because of the Doppler shift, and at these speeds, that effect operates on a ridiculously extreme level. —Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026

And finally, wouldn’t being near-perfectly still for an hour make a pair of copulating octopuses ridiculously exposed to predators? —Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously