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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This would be precisely the policy followed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 40 years later, but in 1894 the Populist Party’s manifesto was considered impossibly radical by the Republicans and by most Democrats.
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David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Miller said some states, like New York and Colorado, have filing deadlines for congressional candidates that place an impossibly short timeline on potential redistricting efforts, given the steps needed in the states to craft a new map.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
From below, the mountain looks impossibly steep, but there’s a hiking route that gets you to the top in a day.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Zucchini is the star of this impossibly tender cake.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Miller said some states, like New York and Colorado, have filing deadlines for congressional candidates that place an impossibly short timeline on potential redistricting efforts, given the steps needed in the states to craft a new map.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
From below, the mountain looks impossibly steep, but there’s a hiking route that gets you to the top in a day.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Zucchini is the star of this impossibly tender cake.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Impossibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impossibly. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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