Used in a Sentence

ridiculously

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ridiculously.

Editorial note

Is it ridiculously hard to go to the nearest university and ask a physics professor if an idea is even plausible?

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Quick take

In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ridiculously gathered in one view.

adverb

In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.

adverb

(degree) extremely; very

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ridiculously.

Example sentences

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Is it ridiculously hard to go to the nearest university and ask a physics professor if an idea is even plausible?

2

It is ridiculously expensive to eat out in this country, and your friend is probably not exaggerating.

3

Because it is ridiculously massive, it has a huge amount of momentum as it creeps along at 5 cm per year.

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The thing holding us back isn't funding or political will: exascale is so ridiculously hard that it requires fundamentally different architectures.

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Germany basically subsidizing China (and others) to build the massive solar panel production pipeline it has now that are producing ridiculously cheap panels[1].

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Sending my location to Google through their maps is ridiculously convenient.

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As a Windows Insider that has helped Microsoft squash bugs the last few months you must realize that sending bug report data is ridiculously important.

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Somehow really fascinating despite being ridiculously far over my head.

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English is ridiculously colonized by obfuscators already.

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That's a ridiculously good trajectory actually.

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Western Europe's quality of life is ridiculously high, I am not sure if that is reflected very much in the way we measure QoL but that's my experience.

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> (which is ridiculously well-served already with regards to delivering packages -- ask me if you're curious) I'm very curious!!

Quote examples

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A wise man once said "There is more to life than being really really ridiculously good looking...

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Just a personal observation, the instruments that are typically identified as "endangered," are all ridiculously hard to learn as an adult, even if you've played another instrument.

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I'd agree re: the bassoon being "ridiculously hard to learn".

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"ridiculously well-served already with regards to delivering packages"...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ridiculously in a sentence?

Is it ridiculously hard to go to the nearest university and ask a physics professor if an idea is even plausible?

What does ridiculously mean?

In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.

What part of speech is ridiculously?

ridiculously is commonly used as adverb.