Impossibly

Definitions: Impossibly

Impossibly

Adverb

1. In a manner or to a degree not possible of conceiving; "he is impossibly idealistic".

2. To a degree impossible of achievement; "long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation"; "impossibly far from sources of supply".

Date "impossibly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Antonym: possibly (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Impossibly

English words defined with "impossibly": Utopianism. (references)

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Modern Usage: Impossibly

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You are impossibly outnumbered. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Impossibly

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Germany	U.S. exporters should avoid appointing distributors with impossibly large geographic areas, without firm commitments regarding parts inventories or service capabilities, and without agreements on dealer mark-ups. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Impossibly

"Impossibly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impossibly" is used about 200 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	200	21,580

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Impossibly

Expression using "impossibly": impossibly dear. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "impossibly": impossibly-balanced.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Impossibly

Language		Translations for "impossibly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		në mënyrë padurueshme. (various references)

Bulgarian		невъзможно (impossible). (various references)

Chinese		不可能地. (various references)

Dutch		onmogelĳk (impossible), onmogelýk (impossible), met geen mogelĳkheid, met geen mogelýkheid. (various references)

Esperanto		neeble. (various references)

German		unmöglich (hopeless, impossible, not possibly, outrageous, outrageously, ridiculous, unlikely). (various references)

Greek		ακατορθωτώσ. (various references)

Hungarian		meglehet (it's possible). (various references)

Korean		불가능하게. (various references)

Pig Latin		impossiblyay.(various references)

Portuguese		impossìvel. (various references)

Romanian		în mod imposibil. (various references)

Russian		невозможно. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nemoguće (impossible). (various references)

Spanish		imposiblemente. (various references)

Swedish		omöjlig (hopeless, impossible, imppssible, unplayable, wild-eyed), hopplöst (wild goose). (various references)

Vietnamese		không thể xảy ra được, không thể l� m được không thể có được (impossible). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Impossibly

Misspellings
	"Impossibly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impossibilism. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Impossibly"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "impossibly" (pronounced i'mpÄ"sublē)
7	-p Ä" s u b l ē	possibly.
5	-s u b l ē	flexibly, forcibly, irresponsibly, irreversibly, noticeably, ostensibly, passably, peaceably, responsibly, sensibly.
4	-u b l ē	admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irretrievably, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, palpably, plausibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly.
3	-b l ē	ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Impossibly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-i-l-m-o-p-s-s-y"
	-2 letters: biolysis, possibly.
	-3 letters: bossily, obiisms, slimpsy, symbols.
	-4 letters: biopsy, blimps, limbos, limpsy, lissom, miosis, myosis, obiism, pyosis, sibyls, simply, slimsy, spoils, symbol.
	-5 letters: blimp, blimy, blips, bliss, boils, bossy, byssi, impis, imply, limbi, limbo, limbs, limby, limos, limps, lisps, lossy, lysis, milos, misos, missy, moils, mossy, pilis, pisos, ploys, polis, polys, sibyl, silos, simps, slims, slimy, slips, slobs, slops, soils, spoil, sylis, sysop.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-i-l-m-o-p-s-s-y"
	+3 letters: impossibility.
	+5 letters: compressibility.
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