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

Sometimes epic failures can happen for reasons beyond your control like tomato blight or a ridiculously wet or cold summer. —Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026

Their demands are ridiculously modest. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026

This ridiculously easy twist on a traditional pineapple upside-down cake is just as delicious and only calls for five ingredients. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026

But the music, of course, is the point of Davis’ bash, the kind that only an esteemed, ridiculously connected music mogul can curate. —Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously