inestimably
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8.6
- adverb
- /ɪˈnɛstɪməbli/
- Her support during my difficult times has been inestimably helpful, far beyond what I can express.
Examples
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Afghanistan has no film industry, which makes a new movie called The Black Tulip, about good people seeking some kind of normal life in modern Kabul despite the constant threat of violence, destruction, and despair, doubly dangerous to have made and inestimably valuable to watch.
Blog text (16) -
While sovereignty is inestimably significant, the scope of power is much wider.
Academic text (1995) -
Because the nascent middle classes depend on the state for economic survival, they attach an inestimably high premium to capturing and maintaining state power...
Academic text (1990) -
Although revolutions in norms of sovereignty are only part of important political change, they are an inestimably important part, and we ought to know something about their nature and history.
Academic text (1995) -
And this hardly begins to calculate the value of sustaining rather than gutting communities that have given inestimably more than they've taken in the past century.
Fiction book (2000) -
The contributions of scientists during the pandemic have been inestimably valuable to public health.
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The knowledge gained from studying nature is inestimably important for future generations.
Synonyms
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
60
4.8
To a very great degree without any limit
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5.7
To a very great degree that seems like it cannot be true
10
4.6
To a very great degree
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
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6.8
Very much in a way that is hard to describe
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6.8
To a degree that is very hard to believe
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7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
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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
5.8
To a very large degree
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6.3
Much better than anything else
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7.7
In a way that is very hard to imagine
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8.2
In a way that is so great it cannot be understood or believed
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7.5
An amount so great you cannot imagine
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7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
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7.7
Very much in a way that words cannot describe
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9.8
So great that you cannot find words to describe it
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7.5
In a way you cannot clearly describe
1
8.4
You cannot know the exact meaning or result
Far too large or different to compare
Much more than others so nothing can match it
Antonyms
How Great
Surface Forms
Morphology
inestimably = inestimable (semi-transparent) = in + estimate + able + ly
This is a regular adverb formed from the adjective 'inestimable' with the suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Inestimably is built from in- 'not' and estimate, which comes from the Latin estimare 'to judge value'. So something inestimably important or valuable is 'too great to be measured', which is why the word means you cannot give it a clear value.