Incredibly

//ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli// adv

adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an incredible manner; not to be believed.

    "With the parental exaggeration which the birth of his various enterprises always induced, O'Sullivan spoke incredibly of eighty-five "enrolled" members."

  2. 2
    To a great extent; extremely.

    "He was incredibly wealthy."

  3. 3
    Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.

    "Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation."

Adverb
  1. 1
    exceedingly; extremely wordnet
  2. 2
    not easy to believe wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
fantasticallyabnormallyabundantlyacutelyamazinglyamply

Example

More examples

"Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was incredibly fat."

Etymology

From incredible + -ly.

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