adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In a manner that is not measurable, in a way that cannot be measured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The sky seems immeasurably large at night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
without bounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he is infinitely wealthy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boundlessly, infinitely
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: measurably
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English immeasurable Middle English -ly English -ly English immeasurably From immeasurable + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
nemezureble
— in a manner that is not measurable
Finnish:
mittaamattomasti
— in a manner that is not measurable
French:
incommensurablement
— in a manner that is not measurable
Georgian:
განუზომლად
(ganuzomlad)
— in a manner that is not measurable
German:
unabsehbar
— in a manner that is not measurable
Hungarian:
mérhetetlenül
— in a manner that is not measurable
Irish:
gan teorainn
— in a manner that is not measurable
Irish:
as cuimse
— in a manner that is not measurable
Irish:
as miosúr
— in a manner that is not measurable
Italian:
immensurabilmente
— in a manner that is not measurable
Italian:
immisurabilmente
— in a manner that is not measurable
Russian:
безме́рно
(bezmérno)
— in a manner that is not measurable
Russian:
неизмери́мо
(neizmerímo)
— in a manner that is not measurable
Spanish:
inmediblemente
— in a manner that is not measurable
Spanish:
inmensurablemente
— in a manner that is not measurable