impossibly
/ɪmˈpɒ.sɪb.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.97 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
adv
adv
Contrary to what had been thought possible.
Example Sentences
- "The topology problem was impossibly difficult."
- "Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English impossible Middle English -ly English -ly English impossibly From impossible + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more impossibly (comparative)
most impossibly (superlative)