单词 | incredibly |
释义 | incredibly (once / 1419 pages) 1adv 2adv You can use the adverb incredibly to mean "extremely," like your best friend's incredibly disturbing Halloween costume. The word incredibly describes anything that is so fantastic, you almost doubt it's real. You might describe an incredibly fast runner or your incredibly strange French teacher. Incredibly can also describe amazement, like incredibly, someone returned your missing wallet, with everything still in it. The Latin root is incredibilis, "that cannot be believed." WORD FAMILYincredible: incredibility, incredibleness, incredibly+/credibility: credibilities/credible: credibility, credibleness, crediblest, credibly, incredible/incredibility: incredibilities USAGE EXAMPLES"This is an incredibly sensitive moment in this proceeding," Gergel said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) “With the legislation currently in place, it’s incredibly difficult for law enforcement to track down guns that emerge from the secondary market.” The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “This is an incredibly sensitive moment in this proceeding,” Gergel said. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 adv exceedingly; extremely 2Syn fabulously, fantastically adv not easy to believe behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains Syn|Ant implausibly, improbably, unbelievably believably in a believable manner believably, credibly, plausibly, probablyeasy to believe on the basis of available evidence |
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