impossibly
Use Impossibly in a sentence
ə adjective
1.
not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
2.
unable to be done, performed, effected, etc.: an impossible assignment.
3.
incapable of being true, as a rumor.
4.
not to be done, endured, etc., with any degree of reason or propriety: an impossible situation.
5.
utterly impracticable: an impossible plan.
Related forms
im·pos·si·ble·ness, noun
im·pos·si·bly, adverb
Synonyms
6. unbearable, intolerable, unmanageable.
6. unbearable, intolerable, unmanageable.
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impossible (ɪmˈpɒsəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being done, undertaken, or experienced |
| 2. | incapable of occurring or happening |
| 3. | absurd or inconceivable; unreasonable: it's impossible to think of him as a bishop |
| 4. | informal intolerable; outrageous: those children are impossible |
| im'possibleness | |
| —n | |
| im'possibly | |
| —adv | |
| impossible (ɪmˈpɒsəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being done, undertaken, or experienced |
| 2. | incapable of occurring or happening |
| 3. | absurd or inconceivable; unreasonable: it's impossible to think of him as a bishop |
| 4. | informal intolerable; outrageous: those children are impossible |
| im'possibleness | |
| —n | |
| im'possibly | |
| —adv | |
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It was concise, modern and satirical without being impossibly whimsical.
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