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unbelievably

adverbeattesté dans les dialogues

In a manner that one does not or cannot believe.

adverbe

  1. 1

    In a manner that one does not or cannot believe.

    He gestured unbelievably. Everyone knew he was faking his illness.

    Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor.

  2. 2

    To an extent not to be believed.

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

  3. 3

    Contrary to expectations, amazingly.

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

Étymologie

Etymology tree English unbelievable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English unbelievably From unbelievable + -ly.

Formes

comparatif
more unbelievably
superlatif
most unbelievably
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).