impossibly
adverb /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bli/
/-ˈpɑː.sə-/ Definition
› extremely or more than is usual: Doctors are being forced to work impossibly long hours. She has an impossibly thin waist.Very and extremeComplete and wholeIntensifying expressions › in a way that cannot happen or be expected to happenUnachievable
(Definition of impossibly adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- impossible adjective
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- nohow adverb
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