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

Kentucky purses have reached ridiculously high levels since the introduction of Historical Horse Racing, marketed as a game of skill using old horse races as content but is really little more than a slot machine. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

Only two people appeared to be serving the group and guests had ridiculously long waits. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024

These ridiculously false accusations on social media — that have been rebutted even by people who disagree with me politically — have now resulted in cancellations in the real world. —Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024

And yes, his signature was almost as ridiculously oversized as Donald Trump’s. —Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above