Meaning & use
Ridiculously
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To an extreme or absurd degree; in a way that deserves mockery or seems foolish.
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The hotel room was ridiculously expensive for its size.
He arrived ridiculously early and had to wait outside for an hour.
A note on using this word
Increasingly used informally as a simple intensifier meaning 'extremely,' as in 'ridiculously good,' without any negative connotation.
Words with a similar meaning
absurdlypreposterously
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Words with an opposite meaning
reasonablysensibly
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