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
Charis W. Coa 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
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Design flaw #2: the country had become ridiculously expert at producing wealth instruments of its own accord over the massive post-1865 industrial revolution, meaning that base reserve assets should have been diversified (as Shaw saw) as a nod to this reality.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The real fireworks started with Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland’s victory over The Young Bucks, which delivered AEW’s signature style: Flips, tricks, no-sells, piledrivers, destroyers, countless kickouts of finishing moves, and a ridiculously impressive fast pace.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2025
And judging by the crowds these last few years, prices might not yet be high enough to curb ridiculously high demand.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
These were ridiculously small models by today's standards, with hundreds to thousands of parameters instead of hundreds of billions.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The real fireworks started with Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland’s victory over The Young Bucks, which delivered AEW’s signature style: Flips, tricks, no-sells, piledrivers, destroyers, countless kickouts of finishing moves, and a ridiculously impressive fast pace.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2025
And judging by the crowds these last few years, prices might not yet be high enough to curb ridiculously high demand.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
These were ridiculously small models by today's standards, with hundreds to thousands of parameters instead of hundreds of billions.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for ridiculously
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“Ridiculously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridiculously. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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