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incredibly

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English incredible
Proto-Indo-European *leyg- der.
Proto-Germanic *līką der.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English incredibly

    From incredible + -ly .

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

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    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.
      • 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 ‎[1] , archived from the original on 8 March 2026:
        "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."
    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.

    Synonyms

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    Translations

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    In an incredible manner
    To a great extent; extremely
    used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
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