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
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“Ridiculously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridiculously. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.
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