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# impossibly

adverb (impossibly)

«impossibly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Impossibly means in a way that cannot happen or be done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#m1)
2. Impossibly also means extremely or unbelievably, so much that it seems impossible: «impossibly tall». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk and stories it exaggerates: «impossibly hard», «impossibly beautiful». In maths it can point to a real impossibility, but usually it just means «very, very». Phrases: «impossibly difficult», «impossibly tall», «impossibly fast».

### Examples

- The giraffe's neck looked impossibly long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x1)
- The puzzle was impossibly hard, so we asked for a hint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x2)
- The skyscraper rose impossibly high into the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x3)
- Her handwriting was impossibly small. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x4)
- The magician seemed to float impossibly above the stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x5)
- The queue for the ride was impossibly long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x6)
- The cake was impossibly delicious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «impossible». Usually goes before an adjective. Often an exaggeration, so in a story it does not mean the thing truly cannot happen. Not the same as «impossible»: «It is impossible» (adjective), «impossibly hard» (adverb).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impossibly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impossibly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impossibly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impossibly.html) on Mova free.