infinitely

English

Etymology

From infinite +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/
• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧nite‧ly

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

infinitely (comparative more infinitely, superlative most infinitely)

1. In an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly.
2. To a surpassingly large extent.

   He is infinitely more capable than John.

   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 4:

     Today, computer databases and corpora infinitely increase the ease of this type of research, but the collecting process remains essentially the same.

Synonyms

• (infinite manner): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
• (surpassingly large extent): extremely, utterly; see also Thesaurus:completely

Derived terms

• infinitely many

Translations

endlessly

• Finnish: äärettömästi (fi)
• French: à l’infini (fr), infiniment (fr)
• Galician: infinitamente
• Georgian: უსასრულოდ (usasrulod)
• Greek:

  Ancient: μῠρίος (muríos)

• Italian: infinitamente (it), interminatamente (it)
• Malayalam: അനന്തമായി (anantamāyi)
• Norman: înfinniement
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uendelig (no)

• Polish: nieskończenie (pl)
• Portuguese: infinitamente (pt)
• Russian: бесконе́чно (ru) (beskonéčno)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бе̏сконачно, бе̏згранично

  Roman: bȅskonačno (sh), bȅzgranično (sh)

• Spanish: infinitamente