ridiculously

adverb ri·dic·u·lous·ly \ rə-ˈdi-kyə-ləs-lē \

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

Definition of ridiculously

: 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

Recent Examples of ridiculously from the Web

One photo taken at the time shows him ridiculously wearing a pair of rubber kitchen gloves and a cloth facemask.

— allen pierleoni, sacbee, "William T. Vollmann has a new book and it should scare the hell out of you | The Sacramento Bee," 8 Apr. 2018
Rob Magill is a ridiculously prolific musician and artist from Ojai, California, who churns out music at a manic pace, a situation that’s made dipping into his work a bit daunting.

— peter margasak, Chicago Reader, "DIY improviser Rob Magill makes his Chicago debut performing with a variety of local up-and-comers," 6 Apr. 2018
Public schools that are both ridiculously unequal and, increasingly, re-segregated.

— will bunch, Philly.com, "Will today's kids finally carry MLK's dream over the mountaintop? | Will Bunch," 29 Mar. 2018
Thomas clearly knew the lyrics, the ridiculously Californian lyrics.

— david fettling, Longreads, "Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar," 29 Mar. 2018
Barrasso wants to change a rule that allows for 30 hours of Senate discussion for each nominee, which Republicans say effectively allows Democrats to jam up the appointment process to a ridiculously slow crawl.

— Fox News, "Republicans push to end Dems' stranglehold on key ambassadorial nominee," 27 Mar. 2018
Are there any drawbacks to being ridiculously good looking?

— andrea romano, ajc, "25-year-old airport employee gets pay cut after going viral for being hot," 27 Mar. 2018
Next week, a ridiculously strong ridge of high pressure will park itself over the East Coast for a few days, pumping in some record-breaking warmth pretty much everywhere east of the Mississippi.

— angela fritz, Washington Post, "Snow and sleet end, but slick conditions expected to linger into Sunday morning," 17 Feb. 2018
But all of these horrible downsides are balanced out by one huge advantage: Compared to video, the GIF is ridiculously easy to use.

— eric limer, Popular Mechanics, "The GIF Is Dead. Long Live the GIF.," 18 Aug. 2016

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