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

Throw in a third massive object, though, and the math gets ridiculously more complicated and difficult to solve. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Albeit a ridiculously short time frame, over the past five days equal-weight has outperformed again, with defensive sectors like consumer staples leading the market, up nearly 5% this week for its biggest surge since February. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

The former White House advisors bought a $30 million plot of land in the ridiculously exclusive enclave almost six years ago during the height of COVID for obvious reasons. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Ashton was charming, funny, ridiculously handsome, and fascinated by all things tech. — Chuck Lorre, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously