单词 | inconceivably |
释义 | inconceivablyadv. In an inconceivable manner or degree. Often exaggerative for ‘extraordinarily’, ‘extremely’, ‘very highly’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > incredibly incrediblyc1500 incredulous1533 uncredibly1565 inconceivably1651 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 55 The Church of Christ is not in a worse condition now..but inconceivably better. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 The ill Consequence of these Reveries is inconceiveably great. 1748 S. Johnson Vision Theodore in R. Dodsley Preceptor 518 Amazed to find it without Foundation, and placed inconceivably in Emptiness and Darkness. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 41. ⁋13 Though its actual existence be inconceivably short. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 19 The book is inconceivably absurd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adv.1651 |
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