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incredibly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English incredible Middle English -ly English -ly English incredibly From incredible + -ly.

Meanings

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. 1965, Bruce Mansfield, Australian Democrat: The Career of Edward William O'Sullivan, 1846-1910:
2. (qualifier:degree) To a great extent; extremely.
   • He was incredibly wealthy.
   • “The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.” 2026 March 5, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2026:
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.

Forms

Synonyms

unbelievably

Translations (34)

it estremamente (To a great extent; extremely) · it incredibilmente (used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement) · de unglaublich (To a great extent; extremely) · ru невероя́тно (In an incredible manner) · eo nekredeble (To a great extent; extremely) · fi epäuskottavasti (In an incredible manner) · pt incrivelmente (In an incredible manner) · fr incroyablement (To a great extent; extremely) · ka წარმოუდგენლად (To a great extent; extremely) · fr incroyablement (used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement) · ru невероя́тно (used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement) · ka დაუჯერებლად (To a great extent; extremely) · pt incrivelmente (To a great extent; extremely) · ca increïblement (In an incredible manner) · ru невероя́тно (To a great extent; extremely) · es increíblemente (To a great extent; extremely) · eo nekredeble (used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement) · ca increïblement (To a great extent; extremely) · fi ei uskottavasti (In an incredible manner) · bg невероятно (used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement) · pt incrivelmente (used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement) · la incredibiliter (In an incredible manner) · ka საოცრად (To a great extent; extremely) · cs neuvěřitelně (To a great extent; extremely) · it incredibilmente (To a great extent; extremely) · bg невероятно (In an incredible manner) · ka დაუჯერებლად (In an incredible manner) · it incredibilmente (In an incredible manner) · fi uskomattoman (To a great extent; extremely) · es increíblemente (In an incredible manner) · eo nekredeble (In an incredible manner) · vi khó tin nổi (To a great extent; extremely) · fr incroyablement (In an incredible manner) · fi uskomattomasti (To a great extent; extremely)