infinitely

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/ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/

adverb

In an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly.

“He is infinitely more capable than John.”

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Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbinfinitely (comparative more infinitely, superlative most infinitely)

comparative more infinitely · superlative most infinitely

  1. In an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly.

    Synonyms: ceaselessly

  2. To a surpassingly large extent.

    He is infinitely more capable than John.

    2 more examples

    I had run marthastewart.com in its early years, but now my kingdom was infinitely smaller, with me in every role—including the name on the URL.

    2011, Margaret Roach, “Margaret Untethered (A Preview)”, in And I Shall Have Some Peace There […], New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN, page 7

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

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

    Synonyms: extremely

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an infinite manner; as of anything growing without bounds; endlessly.

adverbTo a surpassingly large extent.

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More synonyms by meaning

adverbwithout bounds

adverbcontinuing forever without end

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Ancient Greek μῠρίος
  • μῠρίος (mŭríos)endlessly
Esperanto senfine
  • senfineendlessly
Finnish äärettömästi
  • äärettömästiendlessly
French à l'infini, infiniment
  • à l'infiniendlessly
  • infinimentendlessly
Italian infinitamente, interminatamente
  • infinitamenteendlessly
  • interminatamenteendlessly
Norwegian Bokmål uendelig
  • uendeligendlessly
Polish nieskończenie
  • nieskończenieendlessly
Portuguese infinitamente
  • infinitamenteendlessly
Russian бесконе́чно
  • бесконе́чно (beskonéčno)endlessly
Spanish infinitamente
  • infinitamenteendlessly
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APA

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“infinitely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infinitely. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infinitely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infinitely.

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