"impossibly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more impossibly [comparative], most impossibly [superlative]
Etymology: impossible + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|impossible|ly}} impossible + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} impossibly (comparative more impossibly, superlative most impossibly)
  1. Not possibly; in an impossible manner. Translations (in an impossible manner): impossiblement (Catalan), 不可能地 (Chinese Mandarin), onmogelijk (Dutch), neeble (Esperanto), mahdottomasti (Finnish), impossiblement (French), ακατορθωτώς (akatorthotós) (Greek), impossibilmente (Italian), impossivelmente (Portuguese), невозмо́жно (nevozmóžno) (Russian), невыполни́мо (nevypolnímo) (Russian), неосуществи́мо (neosuščestvímo) (Russian), нереа́льно (nereálʹno) (Russian), nȅmogūće (Serbo-Croatian), imposiblemente (Spanish), omöjligen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impossibly-en-adv-aHqw~6f8 Disambiguation of 'in an impossible manner': 97 2 1
  2. To the point of impossibility. Translations (to the point of impossibility): չափազանց (čʿapʿazancʿ) (Armenian), սաստիկ (sastik) (Armenian), անտանելի (antaneli) (Armenian), impossiblement (Catalan), onmogelijk (Dutch), mahdottoman (Finnish), impossiblement (French), unmöglich (German), 难以置信地 (Mandarin), impossivelmente (Portuguese), невозмо́жно (nevozmóžno) (Russian), невыполни́мо (nevypolnímo) (Russian), непостижи́мо (nepostižímo) (Russian), нереа́льно (nereálʹno) (Russian), imposiblemente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-impossibly-en-adv-z1SMZwJj Disambiguation of 'to the point of impossibility': 1 99 0
  3. Contrary to what had been thought possible. Translations (contrary to what was thought possible): անհավանականորեն (anhavanakanoren) (Armenian), ondenkbaar (Dutch), ongelooflijk (Dutch), kuin ihmeen kautta (Finnish), incroyablement (French), unheimlich (German), impossivelmente (Portuguese), невероя́тно (neverojátno) (Russian), немы́слимо (nemýslimo) (Russian), непостижи́мо (nepostižímo) (Russian), неосуществи́мо (neosuščestvímo) (Russian), imposiblemente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-impossibly-en-adv-PrG1ArA7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 1 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 4 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of 'contrary to what was thought possible': 9 1 91

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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contrary to what was thought possible",
      "word": "ongelooflijk"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contrary to what was thought possible",
      "word": "kuin ihmeen kautta"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "contrary to what was thought possible",
      "word": "incroyablement"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "contrary to what was thought possible",
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      "sense": "contrary to what was thought possible",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contrary to what was thought possible",
      "word": "imposiblemente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impossibly"
}

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