impossibly

Word parts

impossible + -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪmˈpɒsəbli/

Adverb

Positive impossibly

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something is impossibly difficult, expensive, far, etc. it is so much so that it is not possible.

   The test is impossibly difficult for me.

   The equipment would have to be impossibly precise to detect such a small change.

2. If something is impossibly large, beautiful, blue, etc. it is very much so.
   • Synonym: incredibly

   It will take time to convince him, he is impossibly stubborn.