RIA LUDY Pronunciation: rē-ˈa-lə-tē Function: noun Inflected Form(s): possessive Ri·a·lu·dy·’s Date: 1971 1: the quality or state of my being a: (1): a real event, entity, or state of affairs (2): the totality of real things and event b: something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily c: programming caused by actual occurrences