incredibly

adverb

in·​cred·​i·​bly (ˌ)in-ˈkre-də-blē 

1

: in an incredible manner

2

: extremely

incredibly difficult

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• fantastically
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of incredibly in a Sentence

the entrance exam to the elite prep school was incredibly difficult

Recent Examples on the Web

Especially in the ‘90s, when explicit gay, lesbian, and especially trans narratives were rare in mainstream texts, The Pink Opaque is incredibly important for Owen and Maddy. —James Grebey, TIME, 17 May 2024

The industry is incredibly bifurcated, which leads to the client having to do a lot of work. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1