Uncountably

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Too many to be counted (either by reason of being infinite or for practical constraints). not-comparable

    "The stars in the sky are uncountably many. Even a lifetime would not suffice to number them all."

  2. 2
    In an uncountable fashion. not-comparable

    "Some nouns can be used both countably and uncountably."

  3. 3
    In a way that is incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof. not-comparable

    "If a set is neither finite nor countably infinite, it is said to be uncountably infinite or simply uncountable."

Example

More examples

"All natural objects and phenomena used to be considered as having kami, so the gods of Shinto were uncountably numerous."

Etymology

From uncountable + -ly or un- + countably.

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