Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not possibly; in an impossible manner.

    невозмо́жноnevozmóžno, невыполни́моnevypolnímo, неосуществи́моneosuščestvímo

    to a degree impossible of achievement

  2. To the point of impossibility.

    The topology problem was impossibly difficult.

    unmöglich

    невозмо́жноnevozmóžno, невыполни́моnevypolnímo, непостижи́моnepostižímo

  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.

    unheimlich

    невероя́тноneverojátno, немы́слимоnemýslimo, непостижи́моnepostižímo

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Ziri's latest movie was impossibly bad.

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  2. The project was impossibly difficult to achieve.

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  3. Like him, she was tall, blonde and impossibly good-looking.

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  4. The kitten's downy fur felt impossibly soft between her fingers.

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  5. Her standards for men are impossibly high, thanks to a girlhood rich in Disney, Cosmopolitan, and private school.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
in an impossible manner:
to the point of impossibility:
contrary to what was thought possible:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to the point of impossibility:
contrary to what was thought possible:

Forms

more impossibly, most impossibly
Comparativemore impossibly Lesson
Superlativemost impossibly

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedimpossible

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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