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inconceivably, adv.|ɪnkənˈsiːvəblɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In an inconceivable manner or degree. Often exaggerative for ‘extraordinarily’, ‘extremely’, ‘very highly’.
1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 55 The Church of Christ is not in a worse condition now..but inconceivably better. 1711Steele Spect. No. 167 ⁋3 The ill Consequence of these Reveries is inconceiveably great. 1748Johnson Vision Theodore ⁋6 Amazed to find it without foundation, and placed inconceivably in emptiness and darkness. 1750― Rambler No. 41 ⁋13 Though its actual existence be inconceivably short. 1866J. Martineau Ess. I. 19 The book is inconceivably absurd. |