impossibly
adverb
im·pos·si·bly
(ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-blē 
1
: not possibly
2
: to an improbable degree : unbelievably
an impossibly green lawn
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Yes, of course, the butterfly effect exists, and a world where Aldridge blossoms into a franchise player in Chicago probably isn’t a world where the Bulls get to draft Derrick Rose — those odds were already impossibly slim.
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Twenty-one other counties have impossibly high voter registration levels, with over 90% of those eligible registered to vote.
—Nicolee Ambrose, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
These rare moments of Monroe living out her day-to-day life, while still looking impossibly good, gave the star a relatable visage and inspired many who gazed upon her off-duty outfits to also put more effort into their attire.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
In these cases, the equations will predict a fluid moving in some unphysical, incomprehensible way — spinning into an impossibly fast vortex, for instance, or instantly reversing its flow.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Twenty-one other counties have impossibly high voter registration levels, with over 90% of those eligible registered to vote.
—Nicolee Ambrose, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
These rare moments of Monroe living out her day-to-day life, while still looking impossibly good, gave the star a relatable visage and inspired many who gazed upon her off-duty outfits to also put more effort into their attire.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
In these cases, the equations will predict a fluid moving in some unphysical, incomprehensible way — spinning into an impossibly fast vortex, for instance, or instantly reversing its flow.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Impossibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impossibly. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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