incrediblyin‧cred‧i‧bly /ɪnˈkredəbli/ ●●○ S3 adverb 
Examples
Nicotine is incredibly addictive.2[sentence adverb] in a way that is hard to believe: The knife had pierced his heart, but incredibly he was still alive.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Incredibly, six men ran the 100-meter final in less than 10 seconds.
- Raising money for the homeless has been incredibly difficult.
- And how incredibly generous this man was; he seeded friendships that still write the history of the West.
- Feeling drugged and quite incredibly wanton, she moved her fingers to his jaw.
- He was so obviously intelligent; so charmingly articulate; so incredibly well read.
- Her business became incredibly successful-by any measure except one.
- In spite of her enormous popularity and the huge attraction she held for men throughout her life she remained incredibly insecure.
- My friend thought that Hedges was an incredibly nice guy.
- The braggart turns every question into an answer that makes himself or herself look incredibly good.
- The waterways are incredibly peaceful with a wealth of wildlife and some incredibly beautiful scenery.
Longman Language Activatorextremely► extremely
Collocations especially written use this when you want to use a stronger word than 'very': · The conference was extremely badly organized.· The fungus is extremely difficult to get rid of.· Regular visits to the doctor are extremely important for pregnant mothers.
► absolutely as much as it is possible to imagine - use this to emphasize adjectives that already have a strong meaning: absolutely marvellous/wonderful/delicious etc: · We had an absolutely marvellous day.· The costumes were absolutely stunning.absolutely filthy/disgusting/awful etc: · When they came in from the yard, they were absolutely filthy.absolutely terrified/exhausted/delighted/furious etc: · She stood in the middle of the stage looking absolutely terrified.absolutely necessary/essential: · Don't call me unless it's absolutely necessary.
► awfully/terribly/terrifically spoken extremely: · Our Internet connection is awfully slow today.· He's been terribly ill for the last two weeks.· The plot is terrifically complicated and difficult to follow.· That box looks awfully heavy - are you sure you don't need any help?
► very, very spoken say this when you want to emphasize 'very': · I'm very, very angry with her.· This is a very, very important decision - please give it your full attention.· We've been working on this deal for a very, very long time.
► incredibly/unbelievably use this when something is so good, so bad, so fast etc that you are surprised by it or you find it hard to believe: · Everyone in the company works incredibly hard.· Their house is incredibly cold - I don't think they heat it at all.· What they did was unbelievably stupid.· The apartment is unbelievably cheap - there must be something wrong with it.
► ridiculously use this to emphasize how unreasonable or stupid something is: · The questions seemed ridiculously easy.· The amount they offered for the car was ridiculously low.
► enormously/hugely use this especially to emphasize how popular, successful, or powerful someone or something is: · Barry's novels have been hugely successful.· "The Wizard of Oz" remains enormously popular with children.· Davis plays an enormously influential role in city politics.
► dreadfully British use this to emphasize how bad something is, or how sad or unhappy someone is: · You must be dreadfully disappointed!· Dreadfully overcrowded trains and frequent cancellations made commuting an ordeal.
► remarkably/exceptionally use this to emphasize how unusual, impressive, or surprising something is: · Mills' predictions turned out to be remarkably accurate.· The old documents are remarkably well preserved.· Nadine's daughter has an exceptionally fine singing voice.· The heavy soil of the delta produces exceptionally high yields of rice and millet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dead/incredibly/terribly etc boring
Word family (=very boring)
► extremely/exceedingly/incredibly lucky (=very lucky)· Police say it was extremely lucky that no one was killed.
► very/extremely/incredibly simple· I came up with a very simple answer to this problem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► beautiful· The waterways are incredibly peaceful with a wealth of wildlife and some incredibly beautiful scenery.· Spiderglass owned far, far more, but Jezrael couldn't imagine them owning anything so incredibly beautiful.· She had looked so pale last night, so still, and incredibly beautiful in her trance-like state.· It's an incredibly beautiful and fragile piece of your body, Mr Blake.
► difficult· Howard's huge drive and Mark's incredibly difficult 3-iron from the edge of the bunker sealed it for us.· Theirs seemed to me to be an incredibly difficult service.· Hence his reluctance to start painting before he had mastered the incredibly difficult art of drawing - and drawing the figure especially.· How does a political system handle the incredibly difficult and complicated value allocations that are the stuff of politics?· This makes them incredibly difficult to see, let alone capture on film.· Getting her life back on to an even keel after their break-up had been an incredibly difficult and exhausting battle.
► hard· He worked incredibly hard and employed only part-time help.· How incredibly hard it is, how wonderful and how awful-often in the space of a few minutes.
► low· They are excellent dancers and work for incredibly low rates - from about 73p to 1.22 a movie.· The incredibly low cost of living makes such evenings a real pleasure.· The charge was incredibly low, only a pound a week and all food provided except butter.
► lucky· It was then believed that if a cat crossed your path and did you no harm, you had been incredibly lucky.
► strong· Somehow his constitution, always incredibly strong, held up.
VERB► feel· As she walked slowly upstairs, feeling incredibly tired, Hilary stared round her with new eyes.· The market just feels incredibly solid.· He made her feel incredibly feminine; the merest touch of his fingers transported her to ecstasies she had never before experienced.· Math often works that way-it gives click-rewards that feel incredibly cool.· Okay, so it may have been all fantasy, but it still felt incredibly good.· Riven felt incredibly mortal, but at the same time there was a rising restlessness in him.· What's more, I feel incredibly tired most of the time.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveincrediblecredibleincredulousadverbincrediblycrediblyincredulouslynouncredibilityincredulity
1[+adjective/adverb] informal extremely: Nicotine is incredibly addictive.2[sentence adverb] in a way that is hard to believe: The knife had pierced his heart, but incredibly he was still alive.