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ridiculously

[ri-dik-yuh-luhs]

ri·dic·u·lous

[ri-dik-yuh-luhs]
adjective
causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.

Origin:
1540–50; < Late Latin rīdiculōsus laughable, droll, and Latin rīdiculus (adj. derivative of rīdiculum ridicule); see -ous

ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverb
ri·dic·u·lous·ness, ri·dic·u·los·i·ty [ri-dik-yuh-los-i-tee] , noun
hy·per·ri·dic·u·lous, adjective
hy·per·ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverb
hy·per·ri·dic·u·lous·ness, noun
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qua·si-ri·dic·u·lous, adjective
qua·si-ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverb
un·ri·dic·u·lous, adjective
un·ri·dic·u·lous·ly, adverb
un·ri·dic·u·lous·ness, noun
COLLAPSE


nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical. See absurd.


sensible.

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Ridiculously is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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ridiculous (rɪˈdɪkjʊləs)
 
adj
worthy of or exciting ridicule; absurd, preposterous, laughable, or contemptible
 
[C16: from Latin rīdiculōsus, from rīdēre to laugh]
 
ri'diculously
 
adv
 
ri'diculousness
 
n

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