incredible

incredible
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1) ADJ-GRADED (approval) If you describe something or someone as incredible, you like them very much or are impressed by them, because they are extremely or unusually good.

The wildflowers will be incredible after this rain...

Thanks for taking me, I had an incredible time...

You're always an incredible help on these cases.

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incredibly [[t]ɪnkre̱dɪbli[/t]] ADV-GRADED ADV adj/adv

Their father was incredibly good-looking.

2) ADJ-GRADED: oft it v-link ADJ that If you say that something is incredible, you mean that it is very unusual or surprising, and you cannot believe it is really true, although it may be.

It seemed incredible that people would still want to play football during a war...

We should not dismiss as lies the incredible stories that children may tell us.

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incredibly ADV usu ADV with cl

Incredibly, some people don't like the name.

3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n, also it v-link ADJ wh, v-link ADJ (emphasis) You use incredible to emphasize the degree, amount, or intensity of something.

We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent...

There was an incredible din...

It's incredible how much Francesca wants her father's approval...

His panic was incredible.

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incredibly ADV ADV adj/adv

It was incredibly hard work.


English dictionary. 2008.

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