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immeasurably

UK/ɪˈmɛ.ʒə.ɹəb.li/US/ɪˈmɛ.ʒə.ɹəb.li/
adverbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,066 of 15,258neutral

Immeasurably means to an extent too great to be measured. More than any number would capture.

It sits before a comparative, so immeasurably better and immeasurably richer are the standard shapes, and the word is doing emphasis rather than measurement. It is a strong claim, which is why it works best about things that genuinely resist counting, like grief, relief or the value of somebody's help. The adjective immeasurable is built from measurable with im- in front, the same pattern as impossible.

Definitions of immeasurably

  1. 1adverbimmeasurablyTo a degree too great to be measured.C1

    “The town is immeasurably better off for it.”

Where it comes from

  1. Middle English

    inmesurable

  2. English

    immeasurable

  3. English, today

    immeasurably

From immeasurable + -ly. immeasurable comes from Middle English inmesurable, ynmesurable; equivalent to im- + measurable.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 19 of A Man Called Ove.

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immeasurably in the wild

  • Ali Khan was believed by some to possess a natural gift of healing, a gift which they say was developed immeasurably through his deep devotion.

    Ali Khan (Sufi)

  • Despite this last-minute revision, the opera was hugely acclaimed upon its premiere, and marked Donizetti's first major success, boosting his career immeasurably.

    Americo Sbigoli

  • Sabki Laadli Bebo is all about a cute, cheerful, innocent girl Bebo, who is loved by her family immeasurably.

    Sabki Laadli Bebo

  • Writing in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, John Clute described "The Man Who Lost the Sea" as "strong, immeasurably complex, word-perfect and deeply fixative to the reader's memory".

    The Man Who Lost the Sea

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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