Incredibly vs Incredible - What's the difference?
incredibly | incredible |
(manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
(degree) To a great extent; extremely.
(speech act) (Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true).
Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.
* 1980 September 16, (w), quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does , University of California Press (1990, 1993), ISBN 0-520-06134-9,
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, page 796:
Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
Marvelous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
Incredible is a related term of incredibly.
As an adverb incredibly
is in an incredible manner; not to be believed.As an adjective incredible is
too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.incredibly
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(en adverb)incredible
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(en adjective)page 29:
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
- He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
- I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.
