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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Most things are a floor wax or a dessert topping, but some things are impossibly and absolutely both. The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 Even if politicians seem impossibly divided, many everyday Americans want less division. Kurt Gray, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 Like clockwork, every 28 seconds John steps up to the bar, does 5 impossibly fast and smooth pull-ups, and then drops back down. Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025 Successful brands work around this by building narratives that feel just within reach—a lifestyle that’s aspirational yet not impossibly out of grasp—like Nike. Salim Gheewalla, Forbes, 14 Jan. 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 2 Feb. 2025.

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