Definitions for unbelievably

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•be•liev•a•bleˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl(adj.)

  1. too improbable to be believed.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. extraordinarily impressive of its kind:

    an unbelievable performance.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of unbelievable:

1540–50

un`be•liev′a•bly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. incredibly, improbably, implausibly, unbelievably(adverb)

    not easy to believe

    "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains"

  2. unbelievably(adverb)

    in an unbelievable manner

    "he was unbelievably angry"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. unbelievably(adverb)ˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl

    emphasizes how extreme sth is

    an unbelievably cold day

Wiktionary

  1. unbelievably(Adverb)

    In a manner that one does not believe.

    He gestured unbelievably. Everyone knew he was faking being sick.

  2. unbelievably(Adverb)

    To an extent not to be believed.

    His face turned unbelievably blue. We realized he was actually choking.

  3. unbelievably(Adverb)

    Contrary to expectations, amazingly.

    Unbelievably, Rudy saved the man's life but got sued for breaking two of his ribs.


Translations for unbelievably

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unbelievably(adverb)

too bad, good etc to be believed in

unbelievable rudeness; Her good luck is unbelievable!

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