-ibly
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Origin of -ibly
Example Sentences
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A: The last two days have been incredibly exciting, unusual and relatively crazy on the volatility.
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His shrugging, swiveling jazz-hands dancers always look incredibly happy, like they just lucked into the greatest party.
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The grizzled, lightly bearded son of a New York accountant, Mr. Weiss was sometimes labeled “the king of torts,” a reference to a best-selling legal novel by John Grisham and the branch of law that made Mr. Weiss incredibly wealthy.
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Clare and other early hires who stayed for the ride are incredibly wealthy but have not joined the nine-zero club.
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“We’ve seen it for the past 140 years going back to William Randolph Hearst, when incredibly rich people come forward and lose incredible amounts of money on publications,” said Jack Shafer, City Paper’s former editor who is Politico’s media columnist.
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