incredible
adj.adj. extremely good, large, or surprising. You use it when something is so amazing that it is hard to believe.
adj. extraordinary or difficult to believe due to its extreme nature or quality. Often used as a hyperbolic intensifier for positive attributes.
The view from the top of the mountain is incredible.
The young athlete showed incredible talent during her first professional match last night.
The speed of the technological transition was truly incredible, transforming the entire industry in less than a decade and rendering previous methods obsolete.
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.
Typically functions as a gradable adjective, though in its literal sense of 'impossible to believe,' it can act as non-gradable.
It was an incredible difficult taskIt was an incredibly difficult taskLearners often use the adjective form instead of the adverb 'incredibly' to modify another adjective.