Infinitely
['ɪnfɪnɪtlɪ] or ['ɪnfɪnətli]
Definition
(adv.) continuing forever without end; 'there are infinitely many possibilities'.
Typist: Ora--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Without bounds or limits; beyond or below assignable limits; as, an infinitely large or infinitely small quantity.
(adv.) Very; exceedingly; vastly; highly; extremely.
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Surely our delightful Raffaello's conception is infinitely preferable? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If his progress downward had been attended with difficulties and uncertainty, his journey back was infinitely more perplexing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Stagecoaching is infinitely more delightful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When Dora was very childish, and I would have infinitely preferred to humour her, I tried to be grave--and disconcerted her, and myself too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Were all the infinitely numerous kinds of animals and plants created as eggs or seed, or as full grown? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I believe what we must fulfil comes out of the unknown to us, and it is something infinitely more than love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She went on, and as the path was an infinitely small parting in the shaggy locks of the heath, the reddleman followed exactly in her trail. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Its nearness was such that, notwithstanding its actual smallness, its glow infinitely transcended theirs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Was not death infinitely more lovely and noble than such a life? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I felt that she was infinitely dearer to me than any other woman in the world, and that I was using her infamously. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Women who are worthy the name ought infinitely to surpass; our coarsefallible, self-indulgent sex, in the power to perform such duties. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You will infinitely oblige me by setting her down. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is certain we are infinitely touched with a tender sentiment, as well as with a great one. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There you have it all in a nutshell, Watson, and if you can give me any light I shall be infinitely obliged to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You would be infinitely better in Clarriker's house, small as it is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But she knew from her reading infinitely more of the ways of toiling insects than of these toiling men and women. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The process of negro emancipation is infinitely slower and it is not accomplished yet. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Then, silently, on infinitely careful feet, he went along the passage, feeling the wall with the extreme tips of his fingers. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was infinitely the simplest and the safest way of disposing of him for the night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To spare them is infinitely better. Plato. The Republic.
- If he had only learnt a little less, how infinitely better he might have taught much more! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The development for which my friend had asked came in a quicker and an infinitely more tragic form than he could have imagined. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Robert's offence was unpardonable, but Lucy's was infinitely worse. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You are bad enough asleep, but you are infinitely worse awake. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Natalie