incredibly

Everyday

1. Incredibly means extremely or very, very: «It was incredibly cold». tree →
2. Incredibly can mean in a way that is hard to believe: «Incredibly, the cat survived the fall». tree →

In the lessons

Very common in everyday speech, stories and TV to make a describing word stronger. Phrases: «incredibly hard», «incredibly lucky», «incredibly, …».

Examples

• The test was incredibly hard. tree →
• She is incredibly good at chess. tree →
• It was incredibly hot at the beach. tree →
• Incredibly, the little team won the cup. tree →
• That roller coaster is incredibly fast. tree →
• We were incredibly lucky with the weather. tree →
• The puppy is incredibly cute. tree →
• Incredibly, nobody was hurt in the storm. tree →
• In an incredibly short time Danhasch returned, bearing the sleeping princess. tree →

Note

Spelled with -ibly: incredible becomes incredibly. Often overused in speech; in writing try other words like «extremely», «remarkably». At the start of a sentence it means «hard to believe».