Incredibly
/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ adv
adv ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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 To a great extent; extremely.
"He was incredibly wealthy."
- 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 exceedingly; extremely wordnet
- 2 not easy to believe wordnet
Example
More examples"Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was incredibly fat."
Etymology
From incredible + -ly.