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

The scores come after an incredibly tumultuous year for schools across the country, as issues surrounding the Israel-Hamas war exploded on campuses in the form of protests and encampments. —Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024

Our thoughts remain with Dr Burns and her family during this incredibly difficult time. —Becca Longmire, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024

Philosophy’s Falling in Love paired with Retrospect creates this incredibly romantic blend – the way Falling in Love’s vanilla-blackberry notes mingle with Retrospect’s sophisticated musk creates this gorgeously intimate skin scent that feels like a warm embrace. —Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024

Bujold builds a familiar space opera world and fills it with incredibly vivid characters. —The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1