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

For his part, Justice Clarence Thomas ridiculously, and predictably, went further and suggested that the courts shouldn’t even be able to evaluate constitutional arguments. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

As can be discerned from De Moraes’ pre-match speech, confidence in Brazil was ridiculously high. — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Even so, her spiral downward to near death before ending up in treatment is ridiculously, gloriously brisk. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 June 2026

The story is untethered from reality in a way that's ridiculously charming—think the hijinks levels of Weekend at Bernie's paired with a whodunnit plot line plus a whole slew of meddling, larger-than-life characters. — Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ridiculously

• meticulously