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单词 unpossibly
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unpossiblyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɒsᵻbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɑsəbli/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and possibly adv. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unpossible adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < unpossible adj. + -ly suffix2, after possibly adv.
Now rare (in later use colloquial and regional).
Impossibly. Frequently in not unpossibly: possibly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > [adverb]
impossibly1579
unpossibly1585
unfeasibly1934
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. ix. 149 Hee saith hardly; not vnpossibly, but questionlesse verie hardly.
1659 F. Osborne Misc. Ess. Paradoxes 176 I confesse the Party may not unpossibly be very Rich.
1732 E. Boyd Happy-unfortunate 36 Go whither, interrupted the Count, not unpossibly seeing all Bellfond.
1888 Temple Bar Jan. 54 I thought ef he lived to die, it might not unpossibly be by a rope's end.
1966 Argus (Fremont, Calif.) 9 June Nearly 45 million persons live under unpossibly overcrowded conditions on the continent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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