What's the difference between abysmally and incredibly?
Abysmally
Definition:
(adv.) To a fathomless depth; profoundly.
Example Sentences:
(1) "As a stylist Brown gets better and better: where once he was abysmal he is now just very poor," wrote Jake Kerridge in the Daily Telegraph .
(2) In fact, the general standard of new architecture here is, sadly, abysmal.
(3) That the host defenses may be somewhat enhanced by pregnancy while susceptibility to certain diseases is increased is paradoxical and serves to underscore the fact that our understanding of host defense in pregnancy is abysmally deficient.
(4) Even with no strikes, Southern’s public performance measures remain abysmal by most standards, with only 70% of trains running to within five minutes of their advertised time on Tuesday.
(5) Richard Di Natale, the Greens leader and Victorian senator, said it was likely the final make-up of the Senate would not be known for weeks, but that the result, already, had been an “abysmal failure” for the government.
(6) "Please ignore the abysmal example set by President Obama who, in the name of Thanksgiving, supports torture as 45 million birds are horrifically abused; dragged through electrified stun baths, and then have their throats slit.
(7) "This law has the potential to make Afghanistan an absolute abysmal catastrophe as it relates to public order, rule of law and general common decency."
(8) Newcastle’s manager responded by replacing Yoan Gouffran, abysmal in central midfield, with Emmanuel Rivière as he switched from 4-1-4-1 to 4-4-2.
(9) A second delivery review team visit in September was told by Lorenzo's deputy head of testing that test results were "abysmal".
(10) That public policy has abysmally failed the chronically mentally ill seems beyond genuine dispute.
(11) The abysmal condition of nutrition in India, both undernutrition and overnutrition , has crept into the global development agenda recently, with increasing focus from academics, policymakers and activists.
(12) That first half was abysmal, a complete disgrace, but this is much improved fare.
(13) And given the abysmal farce of the AV referendum, the very last people to listen to on the timing and terms of a referendum would be the Lib Dems."
(14) The whole French team, their coac h, Raymond Domenech, and the French football federation are just abysmally stupid.
(15) The criticism reached a crescendo in January when the BBC's Inside Out broadcast a report claiming the wages being paid to workers at Kibale were 'abysmal' and that viewers would do better to reduce their own carbon emissions than to buy offsets.
(16) Even with several office jobs and internships under my belt, my job prospects looked abysmal.
(17) To allow someone into the UK who is explicitly promoting these things is abysmal.” A social media campaign against Blanc has gathered pace in recent days, with Twitter users sharing pictures of him with his hand around the throats of women that he has shared using the hashtag #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld.
(18) Despite monumental pent-up demand for more housing in London, there isn’t enough being built – and because the volume house builders don’t care about architecture, community life or civic space, the quality of new housing is generally abysmal.
(19) So while it might have other merits, it is surely wrong for TfL to issue a blank cheque, particularly given the financial pressures they face from the chancellor.” Authors, architects and artists line up to lambast ‘abysmal’ garden bridge plan Read more Peck also cited Khan’s lack of support for the bridge between Temple and the South Bank.
(20) To this extent, Khomeini's edict and the murderous campaign it engendered failed abysmally.
Incredibly
Definition:
(adv.) In an incredible manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
(2) Her story is an incredible tale of triumph over tragedy: a tormented childhood during China's Cultural Revolution, detention and forced exile after exposing female infanticide – then glittering success as the head of a major US technology firm.
(3) They’ve already collaborated with folks like DOOM, Ghostface Killah and Frank Ocean; I was lucky enough to hear a sneak peek of their incredible collaboration with Future Islands’ Sam Herring from their forthcoming album.
(4) Nicholas Shaxson – the author of Treasure Islands, a book about the world of tax evasion – described the demands as "incredibly powerful".
(5) "Even with that margin I was still incredibly nervous.
(6) This was incredible - Selby somehow hung in there yesterday, taking frames when apparently outclassed, and then when he needed to turn it up today, he did - 13-4 turned it up.
(7) "It is incredibly hard work," she says with a sly grin.
(8) Sony is doing incredibly well with the PS4 but they’re doing something fundamentally different from us.
(9) I’m proud of my team and of women’s football, it was an incredible performance,” he said.
(10) To do what she did requires an incredible combination of persistence and anger."
(11) "In the same way as the camera tells a different story to reality, it's the same on stage; the gestures that might seem incredibly overblown in the moment are played out differently.
(12) Okay, that number 8 ranking isn’t incredibly impressive but it’s much better than, say, settling for a NIT bid and then (hilariously) losing in the first round .
(13) I remember cycling through London at 6am and I had this vision of Albert [Joey's human friend] meeting an incredibly injured horse and putting it down on the battlefield with his bayonet.
(14) "NHS funding is incredibly tight at the moment and this is £7m that's been spent unnecessarily due to the restructure," said Dr Laurence Buckman, chairman of the BMA's GPs committee.
(15) I don’t tolerate sexism and view porn as incredibly damaging for women.
(16) From one of his hospital visits Marr recalls a woman, eight months pregnant, who had suffered a stroke: "There are people far worse off than me who are so incredibly brave and cheerful.
(17) The Ivory Coast international Sagbo had won the penalty from which Hull scored through Robbie Brady – a decision labelled "incredibly soft" by the Norwich manager, Chris Hughton – but minutes later was sent off after he clashed with Russell Martin.
(18) They are standout talents of their generation and will provide a remarkable conclusion to what we all hope will be an incredible evening, with all profits benefiting Scotland’s children’s charities.” Hunter also plans to set aside some seats at the event for local young people.
(19) Filo pastry contains very little fat itself but relies on fat being added later in between incredibly fine sheets, allowing them to separate during cooking, and so shatter in the mouth into fine delicate shards.
(20) The stage winner, Marcel Kittel of Germany, said: "It was incredible, like being in a tunnel, the crowd were so loud."