Incredibly

/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ · adverb

Meaning

(manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed..

Definitions by Sense

1. (manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
2. (degree) To a great extent; extremely.
3. Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.

Example Sentences

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

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.”

Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.

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• more incredibly
• most incredibly

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