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Webster 1913 Edition


Impossibly

Im-pos′si-bly

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adv.
Not possibly.
Sir. T. North.

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impossibly

impossibly

English

Adverb

impossibly (comparative more impossibly, superlative most impossibly)

  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.

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References

  • impossibly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • impossibly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913