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Vinony

impossibly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English impossible Middle English -ly English -ly English impossibly From impossible + -ly.

  1. Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
  2. To the point of impossibility.

    “The topology problem was impossibly difficult.”

  3. Contrary to what had been thought possible.

    “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.”