Definition of INCREDIBLY

incredibly

Adverb

  • not easy to believe
    • "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains"
  • exceedingly; extremely

Adv

  • In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
  • To a great extent; extremely.
  • Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.

Examples

  • He was incredibly wealthy.
  • Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.

Origin / Etymology

From incredible + -ly.

Antonyms

believably, credibly

Scrabble Score: 18

incredibly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incredibly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incredibly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

incredibly: valid Words With Friends Word