incredibly

English

Etymology

From incredible +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

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Adverb

incredibly (comparative more incredibly, superlative most incredibly)

1. (manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
   • 1965, Bruce Mansfield, Australian Democrat: The Career of Edward William O'Sullivan, 1846-1910:

     With the parental exaggeration which the birth of his various enterprises always induced, O'Sullivan spoke incredibly of eighty-five "enrolled" members.

2. (degree) 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.

Translations

In an incredible manner

• Bulgarian: невероятно (bg) (neverojatno)
• Catalan: increïblement (ca)
• Esperanto: nekredeble
• Finnish: epäuskottavasti, ei uskottavasti
• French: incroyablement (fr)
• Italian: incredibilmente (it)
• Latin: incredibiliter
• Russian: невероя́тно (ru) (neverojátno)
• Spanish: increíblemente (es)

To a great extent; extremely

• Catalan: increïblement (ca)
• Czech: neuvěřitelně
• Esperanto: nekredeble
• Finnish: uskomattomasti (fi), uskomattoman (fi)
• French: incroyablement (fr)
• German: unglaublich (de)
• Italian: incredibilmente (it), estremamente (it)
• Russian: невероя́тно (ru) (neverojátno)
• Spanish: increíblemente (es)
• Vietnamese: khó tin nổi

used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement

• Bulgarian: невероятно (bg) (neverojatno)
• Esperanto: nekredeble
• French: incroyablement (fr)
• Italian: incredibilmente (it)
• Russian: невероя́тно (ru) (neverojátno)

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} unbelievably, incredibly

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