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unimaginably

unimaginably adverb: to an extent or in a way that cannot be, or could not have been, imagined.

Adverb

unimaginably (comparative more unimaginably, superlative most unimaginably)

  1. To an extent or in a way that cannot be, or could not have been, imagined
    • As it prepares to inaugurate a new president, America is also trying to forge a fresh identity in a world unimaginably different from the one inherited by George W Bush only eight years ago.2009 January 4, Paul Harris, “Paul Harris: Frugality is cool in the cash-strapped US”, in The Observer

Forms of unimaginably

comparativemore unimaginably
superlativemost unimaginably

Origin of unimaginably

From unimaginable + -ly.

Questions about unimaginably

What does unimaginably mean?
Unimaginably means to an extent or in a way that cannot be, or could not have been, imagined.
What part of speech is unimaginably?
Unimaginably is an adverb.

Words near unimaginably in the dictionary

  1. unimaged
  2. unimaginabilities
  3. unimaginability
  4. unimaginable
  5. unimaginableness
  6. unimaginably
  7. unimaginary
  8. unimaginative
  9. unimaginatively
  10. unimaginativeness
  11. unimagine

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