ridiculously

1. 1.

   so as to arouse or deserve laughter

   “her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well”

   Synonymslaughablyludicrouslypreposterously

Questions about ridiculously

What does ridiculously mean?

ridiculously means "so as to arouse or deserve laughter".

How many syllables are in ridiculously?

ridiculously has 5 syllables: ri-dic-u-lou-sly. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /ɹəˈdɪkjələsli/.

What is another word for ridiculously?

Close synonyms include laughably, ludicrously, preposterously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ridiculously a common word?

ridiculously is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.