Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ridiculously
IPA transcription: [ɹəd'ɪkjələsli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: laughably, ridiculously, ludicrously, preposterously
    Meaning: so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
Usage examples
  • How ridiculously you talk!" cried the girl.
  • It was ridiculously small and conceited, compared with our stately ship.
  • For a couple of centuries, this house has had a reputation, a bad one, and, until I bought it, for more than eighty years no one had lived here; consequently, I got the old place at a ridiculously low figure.
  • For my part, I was no longer worried about those dangers my imagination had so ridiculously exaggerated. The shallows drew noticeably closer to the surface of the sea, and soon, walking in only a meter of water, my head passed well above the level of the ocean.