incrediblyadv.
/ɪnˈkrɛdᵻbli/, /ɪŋˈkrɛdᵻbli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkrɛdəbli/, /ᵻŋˈkrɛdəbli/ In an incredible manner or degree, in a way or to an extent that is impossible or very difficult to believe; to an extent that one would not have believed possible; exceedingly, extremely.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adverb]
unlikelyc1449
incrediblyc1500
unlike1548
not unprobably1581
improbably1646
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > incredibly
incrediblyc1500
incredulous1533
uncredibly1565
inconceivably1651
c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 99 He had seen hem do in armes that day yncredibly.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 97 Leofric..adorned it with Gould and Sylver incredibly.
1656 A. Cowley Praise of Pindar in Pindaric Odes notes i Pindar was incredibly admired and honoured among the Ancients.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 372 Unless..we should suppose it to be incredibly condensed.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. i. 198 In an incredibly short period, mutiny was quenched.
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