adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Canada, UK:/ɹɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs.li/
Canada, UK:/ɹiːˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs.li/
US:/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:R AH0 D IH1 K Y AH0 L AH0 S L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
extremely; very
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: degree
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
so as to arouse or deserve laughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laughably, ludicrously, preposterously
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ridiculous Middle English -ly English -ly English ridiculously From ridiculous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
ridículament
— in a ridiculous manner
Czech:
směšně
— in a ridiculous manner
Czech:
absurdně
— in a ridiculous manner
Dutch:
belachelijk
— in a ridiculous manner
Dutch:
bespottelijk
— in a ridiculous manner
Esperanto:
ridinde
— in a ridiculous manner
Estonian:
naeruväärselt
— in a ridiculous manner
Finnish:
naurettavasti
— in a ridiculous manner
French:
ridiculement
— in a ridiculous manner
French:
bouffonnement
— in a ridiculous manner
French:
caricaturalement
— in a ridiculous manner
Georgian:
სასაცილოდ
(sasacilod)
— in a ridiculous manner
German:
lächerlich
— in a ridiculous manner
Hungarian:
nevetségesen
— in a ridiculous manner
Ido:
ridikule
— in a ridiculous manner
Italian:
ridicolmente
— in a ridiculous manner
Italian:
irrisoriamente
— in a ridiculous manner
Northern Kurdish:
qeşmerane
— in a ridiculous manner
Latin:
perrīdiculē
— in a ridiculous manner
Latvian:
smieklīgi
— in a ridiculous manner
Norman:
riditchulement
— in a ridiculous manner
Norwegian Bokmål:
latterlig
— in a ridiculous manner
Polish:
niedorzecznie
— in a ridiculous manner
Portuguese:
ridiculamente
— in a ridiculous manner
Romanian:
în mod ridicol
— in a ridiculous manner
Serbo-Croatian:
смешно́
— in a ridiculous manner
Serbo-Croatian:
смије́шно
— in a ridiculous manner
