Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Innumerably; immeasurably; incomparably; in the highest conceivable degree: often used in hyperbole: as, to be infinitely obliged for favors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits.
- adverb Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in an
infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds;endlessly - adverb To a
surpassingly large extent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without bounds
- adverb continuing forever without end
Etymologies
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Examples
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Let us try and appreciate the fact that, under our present conditions, our conceptions of the immense and minute -- namely, extension in Space, and that of quick and slow or duration in Time -- are purely relative, and that from this arise those pseudo-conceptions which we call the infinitely extended and the infinitely lasting.
Science and the Infinite or Through a Window in the Blank Wall Sydney T. Klein 1893
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Nor is it necessary to suppose another power limiting its efficacy, if we do not find it necessary to suppose its own constitution and essence such as we term infinitely powerful.
The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux 1823
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The noun in the phrase infinitely better than “Let’s prioritize” had the added advantage of being plural.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The noun in the phrase infinitely better than “Let’s prioritize” had the added advantage of being plural.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The noun in the phrase infinitely better than “Let’s prioritize” had the added advantage of being plural.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The noun in the phrase infinitely better than “Let’s prioritize” had the added advantage of being plural.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Continuing infinitely is not an intrinsic property of irrational and transcendental numbers but is a property relative to the base used to express a number.
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Sure, but my point stands: not everything that's logically possible needs to happen in infinitely many universes.
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Sure, but my point stands: not everything that's logically possible needs to happen in infinitely many universes.
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Coordinates can be chosen in infinitely many ways; likewise, there are an infinitude of reference frames.
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