Impossibly and Possibly

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Impossibly adverb - To a degree impossible of achievement.

Usage example: impossibly far from sources of supply

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Possibly is an antonym for impossibly.

Nearby Words: impossible, impossibility

Possibly adverb - To a degree possible of achievement or by possible means.

Usage example: they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?

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Impossibly is an antonym for possibly in by chance topic.

Nearby Words: possible, possibility

Sometimes, it's just confusing, or outright impossible, or impossibly confusing, or quite possibly confusingly impossible.

Source: Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs
In The Croods, Eep is almost the same height of Guy, possibly twice his weight, impossibly fast and nimble and more than capable of kicking his ass (and does so repeatedly).

Source: Amazon Chaser
Possibly because fashionable make-up was really extreme at the timethe ideal look was an impossibly-coloured and proportioned caricature of a woman's face.

Source: Literature / The Rape of the Lock

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