impossibly

English

Etymology

impossible + -ly

Adverb

impossibly (comparative more impossibly, superlative most impossibly)

  1. Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
  2. To the point of impossibility.
    The topology problem was impossibly difficult.
  3. Contrary to what had been thought possible.
    Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.

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References

  • impossibly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • impossibly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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