incredibly
30
2.8
- adverb
- /ɪnˈkrɛdəbli/
- So that was an incredibly fun few days.
- incredibly difficult
- incredibly complex
- incredibly long
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Watch on YouTubeBy all rights, that should have just been an incredibly sad interview.
- By all rights, that should have just been an incredibly sad interview.
- This perfume is so incredibly hard to find, Danny.
- And that to me is incredibly exciting.
- And it's like, it's like it's incredibly mixed.
- My gosh, the center is just so incredibly delicious.
- Why did they have to say that incredibly nasty thing?
- So that was an incredibly fun few days.
- And hey, at least on Linux it's incredibly powerful and it's free.
- And to me, that was incredibly moving in a way.
- And that makes me so incredibly happy because I want them.
- You know, this could make you incredibly wealthy.
- And I'm so grateful for it because they were incredibly tough.
- It does have an incredibly fine mist, which I love.
Examples
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Thank you all so much for these incredibly moving remarks.
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Most of these abandoned pets did not survive, but incredibly, the dogs did.
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And that to me is incredibly exciting.
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And to me, that was incredibly moving in a way.
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By all rights, that should have just been an incredibly sad interview.
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And that makes me so incredibly happy because I want them.
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But this is an incredibly exciting era of research.
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In my view, this is incredibly important for the whole financing process for innovative companies.
Academic text (1995) -
Before Alden could turn, he felt an incredibly strong hand grip his shoulder from behind.
Fiction book (1992) -
The view from the mountain was incredibly beautiful, leaving everyone speechless.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
312
1.0
By a very large amount
165
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
130
2.3
In a way that causes surprise or wonder
107
3.3
More than normal or expected
107
3.5
To a very large degree
98
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
92
2.1
To a very great degree
73
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
61
5.9
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
54
4.6
To a very great degree
51
3.9
To a very great degree
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
20
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
18
3.5
To a very great degree
16
5.2
To a very great degree
14
4.3
In a very impressive and successful way
14
7.7
In a very unusual and surprising way
12
3.6
To a very high degree
10
5.3
To a much higher level than usual
7
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
7
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
6
6.4
In a way that seems very unlikely to happen or hard to believe
6
4.3
Making people feel very surprised
6
6.7
To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe
4
6.5
In a way that is so strong it is hard to put into words
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
7.7
In a way that is very hard to imagine
1
9.2
In a way that makes people very surprised or impressed
1
8.2
In a way that is so great it cannot be understood or believed
1
4.7
In a very impressive way that makes people admire it
1
7.5
In a way that is hard to believe
1
8.4
To a very high degree
1
9.8
So great that you cannot find words to describe it
1
6.3
In a very strange way that feels surprising
1
7.8
To a very large degree
Antonyms
How Extraordinary
98
3.7
30
2.8
130
2.3
165
3.5
281
2.5
894
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
incredibly = incredible (semi-transparent) = in + credible + ly
The form is transparently built as 'incredible' + '-ly', but the adjective's shift from 'not believable' to an intensifying meaning makes inference of the adverbial sense only partially straightforward for learners.
Etymology
Incredibly comes from the parts in- 'not' and cred 'to believe', the same root you see in credible and credit. So it originally meant 'not believable', which is why we use it for something so surprising that it is hard to believe.