incredibly

From incredible + -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

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incredibly (comparative more incredibly, superlative most incredibly)

1. (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.

2. (degree) To a great extent; extremely.

   He was incredibly wealthy.

   • 2026 March 5, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 March 2026:

     “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.”

3. Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.

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

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