incredibly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English incredible Middle English -ly English -ly English incredibly From incredible + -ly.

1. In an incredible manner; not to be believed.

   “With the parental exaggeration which the birth of his various enterprises always induced, O'Sullivan spoke incredibly of eighty-five "enrolled" members.”

2. To a great extent; extremely.

   “He was incredibly wealthy.”

   ““The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.””

3. Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.

   “Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.”