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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#x1)
- Atoms are unimaginably small. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#x2)
- The dinosaurs lived an unimaginably long time ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#x3)
- The heat inside the Sun is unimaginably fierce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#x4)
- Life in the trenches was unimaginably hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#x5)
- The view from the top was unimaginably beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/25-black-holes/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unimaginably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unimaginably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.