incredibly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   not easy to believe

   behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains

2. 2
   adv

   In an incredible manner; not to be believed.

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

3. 3
   adv

   To a great extent; extremely.

   He was incredibly wealthy.

4. 4
   adv

   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.

5. 5
   adv

   exceedingly

Etymology

From incredible + -ly.