incredibly

adverb

in·​cred·​i·​bly (ˌ)in-ˈkre-də-blē How to pronounce incredibly (audio)
1
: in an incredible manner
2
: extremely
incredibly difficult

Examples of incredibly in a Sentence

the entrance exam to the elite prep school was incredibly difficult
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In an incredibly clumsy move to penetrate the Chinese market, Facebook secretly released apps in the country through shell corporations without authorization, but supposedly with the tacit approval of China’s internet regulator. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025 Digital partners that enable end to end supplier integration can have an incredibly powerful impact on supply chain operations for all involved. Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 And there's a little bit of dancing towards the end of this with Sir Anthony Hopkins which was just for sure an incredibly cool experience. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025 And in the early 20th century, a fungal pathogen arrived imported on trees from China that proved to be incredibly virulent and incredibly deadly to American chestnuts. Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incredibly

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of incredibly was circa 1500

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“Incredibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incredibly. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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