🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ridicolosamente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ridikolozamente

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ridiculously/rɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Era ridicolosamente felice dopo aver ricevuto la buona notizia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    To an extreme or excessive degree.

    "The prices at that restaurant are ridiculously high."
  2. 2

    In a manner that is absurdly or laughably unreasonable.

    "She was ridiculously happy after receiving the good news."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'ridiculously' is derived from the adjective 'ridiculous', which comes from the Latin 'ridiculus', meaning 'laughable'. The term evolved in the late 16th century to describe something that provokes laughter or is absurd.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Ridiculously"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Ridiculously"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Ridiculously" Synonym Map