incredibly

adverb

in·​cred·​i·​bly (ˌ)in-ˈkre-də-blē 

1

: in an incredible manner

2

: extremely

incredibly difficult

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• fantastically
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of incredibly in a Sentence

the entrance exam to the elite prep school was incredibly difficult

Recent Examples on the Web

They’re paraded into Romy’s office, at which point Samuel asks her an incredibly rude question about the company’s robot premise. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024

After 20 minutes, stutters grew frequent and the phone got incredibly hot. —Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024

This raises the incredibly hilarious— and totally believable — possibility that Trump thinks he’s actually secured Swift’s endorsement. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024

This apple butter pound cake is finished off with a caramel frosting drizzle that makes every bite incredibly delicious. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1