Absurdly vs Ridiculously - What's the difference?
absurdly | ridiculously |
In an absurd fashion.
To an extreme degree.
English degree adverbs
English evaluative adverbs
In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.
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As adverbs the difference between absurdly and ridiculously
is that absurdly is in an absurd fashion while ridiculously is in a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.absurdly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He orated absurdly .
- Absurdly , he concluded his oration with a song.
- The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.
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ridiculously
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Adverb
(en adverb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously , vaingloriously self-satisfied.}}
How to cook the perfect nut roast, passage=It's a shame; not only are nuts quite ridiculously nutritious but, as anyone who's ever shelled out (sorry) for a tiny glass of pistachios in a pub will know, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. But although I happen to have a soft spot for nut roast – an option often preferable to the meat that emerged from the school kitchen – it seems I'm in a cranky minority. A request for recipe recommendations was met with a polite silence on Twitter: vegetarianism, apparently, has moved on a bit. You don't see Yotam Ottolenghi faffing about with nut roasts, do you? But I'm determined to revive the fortunes of this much-maligned classic. After all, Christmas isn't Christmas without a luxury nut selection.}}