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imˈpossibly, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
Not possibly; in an impossible fashion. Now chiefly in not impossibly = (just) possibly, perhaps.
1579–80North Plutarch (1656) 116 Rome..which..had impossibly attained unto so high glory and power..without the singular favour of the Gods. 1603Drayton Odes viii. 7 S' impossibly I love you. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 360 Reason not impossibly may meet Some specious object by the Foe subornd. 1715–20Pope Iliad v. 353 note (Seager), His enemy took..a rising ground, by which means he might not impossibly stand higher. c1825Beddoes Second Brother ii. ii, Let us forget what else is possible, Yea, hope impossibly! 1885Manch. Exam. 28 May 5/3 The ceremony..may not impossibly be marred. |