impossible
adjective
not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
impossibly
-
a word derived from
impossible.
Example Sentences
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“When I started doing my research, I got really panicked and thought that I’d made a horrible mistake and this was just going to be impossibly dark,” Hunnam recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Some workers in Kitakami boast of bonuses that are "impossibly high" for the region, Hana told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
It should be an exciting couple of weeks that are not at all made impossibly annoying by factional infighting.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
So as the season begins, The Bear is long on stress, short on food, the plumbing is kaput, the reservation line has stopped working and then started again and the place is impossibly overbooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Just lean forward and pretend you’re stretching your hamstrings,” Nadine whispers back, actually stretching her impossibly long limbs toward me.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
