unbelievably

incroyablement

À un degré si élevé qu’il est difficile de l’imaginer ou d’y croire.

En anglais simple : To a very great degree that is hard to imagine or believe.

• The tickets were unbelievably expensive.
• She ran unbelievably fast for someone so young.
• It gets unbelievably cold here in winter.

Synonymes : incredibly, extremely

Expressions courantes : unbelievably expensive, unbelievably fast, unbelievably beautiful

incroyablement, étonnamment

S’emploie pour souligner qu’un événement est très surprenant.

En anglais simple : Used to say that something happened which was very surprising.

• Unbelievably, we won the match.
• The keys were, unbelievably, still in the door.
• Unbelievably, nobody noticed that the painting was missing.

Synonymes : amazingly, astonishingly

Expressions courantes : unbelievably we won, unbelievably he survived, unbelievably nobody noticed

de façon peu crédible

D’une manière qui paraît fausse ou impossible à croire.

En anglais simple : In a way that seems false or impossible to accept as true.

• The actor played the frightened child unbelievably.
• The story ends unbelievably, with every problem suddenly solved.
• The villain behaves unbelievably throughout the final scene.

Synonymes : implausibly, unconvincingly

Contraires : believably

Expressions courantes : act unbelievably, portray something unbelievably, unbelievably neat ending