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. Co
: to an extreme and ridiculous extent
Charis W. Coa 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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It’s made head-achingly complicated in that major components and the vehicles themselves often crisscross borders multiple times on the way to their final assembly and ultimately dealers’ showrooms, These could pile on the tariff charges in the process, perhaps to ridiculously high amounts.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Mary Honkus, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2025
The water of the ocean was ridiculously hot, like a bathtub.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
This is despite the fact that the biggest abuser of them all, China, whose markets are crashing, just raised its Tariffs by 34%, on top of its long term ridiculously high Tariffs (Plus!), not acknowledging my warning for abusing countries not to retaliate.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
It’s made head-achingly complicated in that major components and the vehicles themselves often crisscross borders multiple times on the way to their final assembly and ultimately dealers’ showrooms, These could pile on the tariff charges in the process, perhaps to ridiculously high amounts.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Ridiculously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridiculously. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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