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

All are ridiculously affordable for small-batch products. —Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025

Dart has now rushed for over 50 yards in each of his first three NFL starts, which puts him in ridiculously impressive company. —Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

Some deals are ridiculously affordable, coming in under $50. —PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025

This is still a Tron movie, however, beholden to a mythology that is ridiculously complicated at best and WTF-nonsensical at worst. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously