ABSURDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absurdly mean? 

• ABSURDLY (adverb)
  The adverb ABSURDLY has 1 sense:

1. in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree

  Familiarity information: ABSURDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSURDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an absurd manner or to an absurd degree

Context example:

an absurdly rich young woman

Pertainym:

absurd (inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense)

 Context examples 

The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seems absurdly simple, and yet, somehow I can get nothing to go upon.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He absurdly insisted upon my addressing him as Mr. Mugridge, and his behaviour and carriage were insufferable as he showed me my duties.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Absurdly commonplace, is it not?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This priest I was able to find, and though he proved a very argumentative fellow, who took it absurdly amiss that I should point out to him the corrosive effect which modern science must have upon his beliefs, he none the less gave me some positive information.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Because in five minutes you will say that it is all so absurdly simple.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet when I spoke to her of the matter, she answered me abruptly; and in the carriage, on our way home, she seemed absurdly agitated over this trifling cause.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“How absurdly simple!” I cried.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)