unimaginably

«unimaginably» in Mova's school dictionary: so great, small or extreme that it is very hard or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (unimaginably)

meaning for a pupil

Unimaginably means to a degree that is so great, small or extreme that it is very hard or impossible to imagine. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science for huge or tiny numbers: unimaginably big distances in space, unimaginably small atoms, unimaginably long times. In history and stories: unimaginably cruel or brave. It tells the reader the size or strength goes beyond everyday experience.

examples

• Space is unimaginably big. tree →
• Atoms are unimaginably small. tree →
• The dinosaurs lived an unimaginably long time ago. tree →
• The heat inside the Sun is unimaginably fierce. tree →
• Life in the trenches was unimaginably hard. tree →
• The view from the top was unimaginably beautiful. tree →

note

From «unimaginable» + «-ly»: drop the «e» of «-able» and add «-y»: «unimaginably». Often used before an adjective.

In the corpora

• In 1974 Stephen Hawking calculated that black holes should slowly leak tiny amounts of energy and, over unimaginably long times, evaporate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unimaginably» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.