adv
Meaning 1
In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: manner
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incredibly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/
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adv
Meaning 2
To a great extent; extremely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: degree
Examples
- He was incredibly wealthy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
exceedingly; extremely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she plays fabulously well
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fabulously, fantastically
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
not easy to believe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: improbably, implausibly, unbelievably
Antonyms: credibly
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English incredible Middle English -ly English -ly English incredibly From incredible + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: невероятно (neverojatno) — In an incredible manner
- Catalan: increïblement — In an incredible manner
- Esperanto: nekredeble — In an incredible manner
- Finnish: epäuskottavasti — In an incredible manner
- Finnish: ei uskottavasti — In an incredible manner
- French: incroyablement — In an incredible manner
- Georgian: დაუჯერებლად (dauǯereblad) — In an incredible manner
- Italian: incredibilmente — In an incredible manner
- Latin: incredibiliter — In an incredible manner
- Portuguese: incrivelmente — In an incredible manner
- Russian: невероя́тно (neverojátno) — In an incredible manner
- Spanish: increíblemente — In an incredible manner
- Catalan: increïblement — To a great extent; extremely
- Czech: neuvěřitelně — To a great extent; extremely
- Esperanto: nekredeble — To a great extent; extremely
- Finnish: uskomattomasti — To a great extent; extremely
- Finnish: uskomattoman — To a great extent; extremely
- French: incroyablement — To a great extent; extremely
- Georgian: დაუჯერებლად (dauǯereblad) — To a great extent; extremely
- Georgian: საოცრად (saocrad) — To a great extent; extremely
- Georgian: წარმოუდგენლად (c̣armoudgenlad) — To a great extent; extremely
- German: unglaublich — To a great extent; extremely
- Italian: incredibilmente — To a great extent; extremely
- Italian: estremamente — To a great extent; extremely
- Portuguese: incrivelmente — To a great extent; extremely
- Russian: невероя́тно (neverojátno) — To a great extent; extremely
- Spanish: increíblemente — To a great extent; extremely
- Vietnamese: khó tin nổi — To a great extent; extremely
- Bulgarian: невероятно (neverojatno) — used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
- Esperanto: nekredeble — used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
- French: incroyablement — used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
- Italian: incredibilmente — used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
- Portuguese: incrivelmente — used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
- Russian: невероя́тно (neverojátno) — used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement
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