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impossibly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪmˈpɒ.sɪb.li/

Etymology

Etymology tree English impossible Middle English -ly English -ly English impossibly From impossible + -ly.

Meanings

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.
   • 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. 2007 April 22, Julia Chaplin, “The Life of the After-Party”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2022:
   • Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.

Forms

Antonyms

possibly

Translations (52)

ru нереа́льно (in an impossible manner) · fi mahdottomasti (in an impossible manner) · pl niewiarygodnie (to the point of impossibility) · cmn 难以置信地 (to the point of impossibility) · ru немы́слимо (contrary to what was thought possible) · pt impossivelmente (in an impossible manner) · ru невозмо́жно (to the point of impossibility) · es imposiblemente (contrary to what was thought possible) · cmn 不可能地 (in an impossible manner) · fr incroyablement (contrary to what was thought possible) · pt impossivelmente (contrary to what was thought possible) · fi kuin ihmeen kautta (contrary to what was thought possible) · ru нереа́льно (to the point of impossibility) · ru неосуществи́мо (contrary to what was thought possible) · nl ongelooflijk (contrary to what was thought possible) · es imposiblemente (in an impossible manner) · ru невозмо́жно (in an impossible manner) · ru невыполни́мо (in an impossible manner) · pl niesamowicie (to the point of impossibility) · es imposiblemente (to the point of impossibility) · pl niemożliwie (to the point of impossibility) · nl onmogelijk (to the point of impossibility) · sv omöjligen (in an impossible manner) · ca impossiblement (in an impossible manner) · fr impossiblement (to the point of impossibility) · ca impossiblement (to the point of impossibility) · eo neeble (in an impossible manner) · hy չափազանց (to the point of impossibility) · de unheimlich (contrary to what was thought possible) · ru непостижи́мо (contrary to what was thought possible) · vi tới mức không thể (to the point of impossibility) · hy անտանելի (to the point of impossibility) · ru невероя́тно (contrary to what was thought possible) · fi mahdottoman (to the point of impossibility) · ru неосуществи́мо (in an impossible manner) · fr impossiblement (in an impossible manner) · ru непостижи́мо (to the point of impossibility) · hy սաստիկ (to the point of impossibility) · sh nȅmogūće (in an impossible manner) · pl niemożliwie (in an impossible manner) · it impossibilmente (in an impossible manner) · nl ondenkbaar (contrary to what was thought possible) · de unmöglich (to the point of impossibility) · nl onmogelijk (in an impossible manner) · vi một cách không thể (in an impossible manner) · vi trái lại (contrary to what was thought possible) · pl niemożebnie (to the point of impossibility) · ru невыполни́мо (to the point of impossibility) · el ακατορθωτώς (in an impossible manner) · pl niemożliwie (contrary to what was thought possible) · pt impossivelmente (to the point of impossibility) · hy անհավանականորեն (contrary to what was thought possible)