adv

ridiculously

rih-DIHK-yuu-luhs-lee

adv

In a way that is absurd or laughable.

"He was dressed ridiculously for the funeral."

Informal: extremely; to an excessive degree.

"The new phone is ridiculously expensive."

"She's ridiculously good at chess."

How to Use Ridiculously

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAbsurdly, or — more commonly in speech — extremely.

Common pairings

ridiculously expensive ridiculously easy ridiculously good

more ridiculously comparative, most ridiculously superlative

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From ridiculous plus the adverb suffix -ly.

famously anxiously seriously obviously curiously furiously nervously viciously jealously hideously previously vigorously