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incredibly
English
Etymology
incredible +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k??d?bli/
Adverb
incredibly (comparative more incredibly, superlative most incredibly)
- (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.
- 1965, Bruce Mansfield, Australian Democrat: The Career of Edward William O'Sullivan, 1846-1910
- (degree) To a great extent; extremely.
- Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.
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incredible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incr?dibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + cr?dibilis (“worthy of belief”), from cr?d? (“believe”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ?ngkr?'d?b?l, IPA(key): /???k??d?b?l/, [????k??????b??], [????k??????b??]
- (UK) IPA(key): /???k??d?b?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?b?l
Adjective
incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)
- (literally) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable. [from 15th c.]
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 796:
- He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), ?ISBN, page 29:
- (figuratively) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- (figuratively) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
Synonyms
- unbelievable
Antonyms
- credible
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