impossibly

adverb

im·​pos·​si·​bly (ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-blē How to pronounce impossibly (audio)
1
: not possibly
2
: to an improbable degree : unbelievably
an impossibly green lawn

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Handler didn’t hide her personal pride at surviving so long in an impossibly fickle industry. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025 There are six impossibly grand and beautiful suites here, including the Suite Gianvico, with its 18th-century wallpaper, velvet chairs, parquet floors and a freestanding bathtub overlooking the lake. Lysanne Currie, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 This long-sleeve set from Cozy Earth is impossibly soft, according to senior commerce editor Nashia Baker. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025 His trademark house, techno, and genre-agnostic psychedelia is wonderfully, impossibly bittersweet, and his story so far is equally contradictory. Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impossibly

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of impossibly was circa 1580

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“Impossibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impossibly. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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