impossibly
Pronunciations
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/ɪmˈpɒ.sɪb.li/
Adverb
Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
To the point of impossibility.
- Examples
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The topology problem was impossibly difficult.
Contrary to what had been thought possible.
- Examples
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Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.
More examples (1)
ANDRÉ SARAIVA, the slight 35-year-old graffitist and night-life entrepreneur, showed up at the Emmanuel Perrotin gallery in the Marais on a recent Saturday night in his trademark impossibly skinny jeans and a navy Thom Browne peacoat.
Adverb
to a degree impossible of achievement
- Antonyms
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long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation
impossibly far from sources of supply
Word forms
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