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Definition of Incredibly
1. Adverb. Not easy to believe. "Behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains"
Partainyms: Implausible, Improbable, Incredible, Unbelievable
Antonyms: Credibly, Believably
2. Adverb. Exceedingly; extremely. "She plays fabulously well"
Definition of Incredibly
1. adv. In an incredible manner.
Definition of Incredibly
1. Adverb. (context: manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed. ¹
2. Adverb. (context: degree) To a great extent; extremely. ¹
3. Adverb. (context: speech act) (non-gloss definition Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incredibly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incredibly
Literary usage of Incredibly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1898)
"Yesterday I was much worse, and how I am to-day I do not know before I begin to
walk; ' incredibly SLOW PROGRESS but I ought to be thankful that I can drag ..."
2. War Bread: A Personal Narrative of the War and Relief in Belgium by Edward Eyre Hunt (1916)
"APPENDIX IV incredibly SMALL EXPENSES Reprinted from the Report of the Millers'
Belgian Relief Movement, conducted by the Northwestern Miller through its ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"V. Foure Buildings incredibly admirable in Pequin, and divers of their superstitions :
their Hospitals and Provisions for the Poore. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"... at an incredibly small expense, compared with prices demanded but a short time
ago. ... incredibly ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... V. Foure Buildings incredibly admirable in Pequin, and divers of their
superstitions : their Hospitals and Provisions for the Poore. ..."
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