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ridiculously

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ri·dic·u·lous  (r-dky-ls)
adj.
Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly. See Synonyms at foolish.

[From Latin rdiculus, laughable, from rdre, to laugh.]

ri·dicu·lous·ly adv.
ri·dicu·lous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.ridiculously - so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
Translations
ridiculously [rɪˈdɪkjʊləslɪ] ADV
1. (= stupidly) → de forma ridícula
2. (fig) (= disproportionately etc) → absurdamente, ridículamente
it is ridiculously easyes absurdamente or ridículamente fácil
ridiculously [rɪˈdɪkjʊləsli] adv [low, short, small, cheap, expensive, young] → ridiculement
ridiculously
advlächerlich; you’re talking ridiculouslydu redest dummes Zeug; ridiculously, he blamed himself for the accidenter gab sich lächerlicherweise selbst die Schuld an dem Unfall
ridiculously [rɪˈdɪkjʊləslɪ] adv (stupidly) → in modo ridicolo; (disproportionately) → incredibilmente
a ridiculously large/small amount → una quantità enorme/irrisoria
ridiculously [rɪˈdɪkjʊləslɪ] adv (stupidly) → in modo ridicolo; (disproportionately) → incredibilmente
a ridiculously large/small amount → una quantità enorme/irrisoria


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It looked as though some person had been walking all over the garden in a pair of clogs--only the foot-marks were too ridiculously little!
With our ridiculously small army and absolutely no sane scheme for home defence, we shall lose all that we have worth fighting for - our colonies - without being able to strike a blow.
I first beheld him on the quay, a complete stranger to me, obviously not a Hollander, in a black bowler and a short drab overcoat, ridiculously out of tone with the winter aspect of the waste-lands, bordered by the brown fronts of houses with their roofs dripping with melting snow.
 
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