Meaning & use

incredibly

adverb·Everyday

To an extraordinary or extreme degree; in a way that is hard to believe.

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The view from the summit was incredibly beautiful after the long, difficult climb.

It was incredibly kind of them to drive three hours just to help us move.

A note on using this word

Incredibly is used as an intensifier before adjectives far more often than in its literal sense of 'unbelievably.'

Words with a similar meaning

extremelyremarkably

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