impossibly
adverb
im·pos·si·bly
(ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-blē 
1
: not possibly
2
: to an improbable degree : unbelievably
an impossibly green lawn
Examples of impossibly in a Sentence
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Massive columns, slender spires and impossibly balanced boulders loom above the timber.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
That watch just went from impossible to find to impossibly expensive when these eventually show up at auction.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Looking at magazines felt somehow like leafing through a catalog of impossibly beautiful objects d’art—gorgeous but abstract, distant.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
Jude Law’s Dickie was impossibly beautiful, the life of every party, and a man with whom the younger Tom Ripley of the movie understandably fell in love with at first sight.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Caves have meant many things for human culture through the ages, and still capture the imagination with their inextricable passageways and impossibly large caverns.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
How to play Powerball and Mega Millions games Of course, the odds are impossibly high to win either jackpot, not to mention both lotteries: 1 in 302.6 million for the Mega Millions and 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball.
—Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
This 19 x 20 x 8.3-foot tiny home—made from a steel frame and flame-retardant foam wallboard—is fully waterproof, thermally insulated, and impossibly easy to assemble.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2024
The resort sits on the Caribbean, which in the sunlight is impossibly blue and crystal clear.
—Rebecca Holland, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024
Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
That watch just went from impossible to find to impossibly expensive when these eventually show up at auction.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Looking at magazines felt somehow like leafing through a catalog of impossibly beautiful objects d’art—gorgeous but abstract, distant.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
Jude Law’s Dickie was impossibly beautiful, the life of every party, and a man with whom the younger Tom Ripley of the movie understandably fell in love with at first sight.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Caves have meant many things for human culture through the ages, and still capture the imagination with their inextricable passageways and impossibly large caverns.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
How to play Powerball and Mega Millions games Of course, the odds are impossibly high to win either jackpot, not to mention both lotteries: 1 in 302.6 million for the Mega Millions and 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball.
—Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
This 19 x 20 x 8.3-foot tiny home—made from a steel frame and flame-retardant foam wallboard—is fully waterproof, thermally insulated, and impossibly easy to assemble.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2024
The resort sits on the Caribbean, which in the sunlight is impossibly blue and crystal clear.
—Rebecca Holland, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Impossibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impossibly. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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