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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And at the other end of the court, Oklahoma City’s impossibly disruptive defense only forced a relatively normal 14 turnovers. Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 June 2025 Bloom did show off who’s been keeping him company while the pop star is on the trek on The Tonight Show, bringing his impossibly tiny dog, Biggie Smalls, with him to the interview with Fallon. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 June 2025 Alongside impossibly strong grannies, Dana must also contend with a dangerous prisoner now enjoying some posthumous freedom and a gun-toting drug dynasty with one almighty grudge. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 June 2025 From time to time, there are zippy montages of Adore clients, filling Lucy’s ears with ridiculous demands and impossibly narrow preferences, some of them cluelessly sexist, ageist, and racist. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 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 19 Jun. 2025.

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