impossibly
English
Etymology
impossible + -ly
Adverb
impossibly (comparative more impossibly, superlative most impossibly)
- Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
- To the point of impossibility.
- The topology problem was impossibly difficult.
- Contrary to what had been thought possible.
- Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.
Antonyms
Translations
in an impossible manner
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to the point of impossibility
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contrary to what was thought possible
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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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