adverb
rīdiculē
rīdiculē (comparative rīdiculius, superlative rīdiculissimē)
Meaning
- laughably, amusingly
- absurdly, ridiculously
rīdĭcŭlē, adv., v. ridiculus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rīdiculē adv.
ridiculus, laughably, jokingly, jestingly, humorously : rogas, T.: ridicule ac facete: dictum, Ph.— Absurdly, ridiculously : insanus.
Origins
From rīdiculus (“laughable; ridiculous”), from rīdeō (“to laugh; mock”).