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Meanings of impossibly in English

Portuguese
impossìvel

To a degree impossible of achievement.

impossìvel
Usage of impossibly in English
1
On either side are new buildings planted among the impossibly lush foliage.
The Guardian
2
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Almost impossibly, the pilot found the runway.
The Irish Times
3
And, compared with Europeans-whoget 6 weeks off-Americanshave impossibly short vacations.
The new yorker
4
We first meet Jude and his impossibly bright friends in New York.
The Guardian
5
Alan watched her in the rearview and felt impossibly old and strange.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
6
To enter the impossibly small space is to travel back in time.
BBC
7
The ground loomed up at me, glowing city lights impossibly far away.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
8
Something impossibly large rose suddenly, blocking off our view of the horizon.
A Hard Day’s Knight
9
The items are sharp-edged but not impossibly expensive and certainly very covetable.
The Irish Times
10
With 10 minutes or so to go, Tottenham were almost impossibly comfortable.
The Guardian
11
His dad smiled the same uncomfortable smile, looking impossibly young and unruly.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
12
He could hear a horse running behind him, catching up impossibly quickly.
Forge of Darkness
13
Willow sighed, an almost impossibly long exhalation for a person so small.
Before you know kindness
14
It is so impossibly difficult to narrow it down to one thing.
The South African
15
At 19, he was impossibly young for the tournament, and improbably handsome.
The Guardian
16
This was a damp, lush, impossibly green field leagues to the north-Scotland
Timeless
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Impossibly through the time
Impossibly across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common