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Incredibility

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in·cred·i·ble  (n-krd-bl)
adj.
1. So implausible as to elicit disbelief: gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident.
2. Astonishing: dressed with incredible speed.
[Middle English, from Latin incrdibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + crdibilis, believable; see credible.]
in·credi·bili·ty, in·credi·ble·ness n.
in·credi·bly adv.
Incredibility of cockolds—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.
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Noun1.incredibility - the quality of being incredible
incredibleness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
implausibility, implausibleness - the quality of provoking disbelief
believability, credibility, credibleness - the quality of being believable or trustworthy


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Yet what most amazed Tarzan was that though he realized the incredibility of it all, he at the same time accepted it as a matter of course, first that a lion should climb at all and second that he should enter the upper terraces where even Sheeta, the panther, dared not venture.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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