impossiblyadv.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɒsᵻbli/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɑsəbli/

Etymology: formed as impossible adj. + -ly suffix².

Not possibly; in an impossible fashion. Now chiefly in not impossibly = (just) possibly, perhaps.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > [adverb]

impossibly1579

unpossibly1585

unfeasibly1934

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps

is wenc897

wen isc897

peradventurec1300

peradventurec1325

perchancec1350

uphapa1375

percasea1393

lightly1395

in casea1398

maybea1400

may chancea1400

may-falla1400

may-fortunea1400

may-tidea1400

perhapa1464

happen1487

perhapsc1520

percase1523

ablea1525

by chance1526

mayhap1533

fortunea1535

belikelya1551

haps1570

mayhappen1577

perhappen1578

possibly1600

not impossibly1667

ables1673

aunters1673

aiblins1720

p'rapsa1745

aunterens1825

mebbe1825

yes-no1898

yimkin1925

ja-nee1937

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 145 Rome..which..had impossibly attained vnto so highe glorie and power..without the singular fauour of the goddes.

?1606 M. Drayton Ode vi, in Poemes sig. B7^v S' impossibly I loue you.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 360 Reason not impossibly may meet Some specious object by the Foe subornd.

1716 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad II. v. Observ. 415 His Enemy took..a rising Ground, by which means he might not impossibly stand higher.

a1849 T. L. Beddoes Second Brother ii. ii, in Poems (1851) I. 38 Let us forget what else is possible,—Yea hope impossibly!

1885 Manch. Examiner 28 May 5/3 The ceremony..may not impossibly be marred.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impossibly
释义	impossiblyadv. Brit. /ɪmˈpɒsᵻbli/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɑsəbli/ Etymology: formed as impossible adj. + -ly suffix². Not possibly; in an impossible fashion. Now chiefly in not impossibly = (just) possibly, perhaps. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > [adverb] impossibly1579 unpossibly1585 unfeasibly1934 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps is wenc897 wen isc897 peradventurec1300 peradventurec1325 perchancec1350 uphapa1375 percasea1393 lightly1395 in casea1398 maybea1400 may chancea1400 may-falla1400 may-fortunea1400 may-tidea1400 perhapa1464 happen1487 perhapsc1520 percase1523 ablea1525 by chance1526 mayhap1533 fortunea1535 belikelya1551 haps1570 mayhappen1577 perhappen1578 possibly1600 not impossibly1667 ables1673 aunters1673 aiblins1720 p'rapsa1745 aunterens1825 mebbe1825 yes-no1898 yimkin1925 ja-nee1937 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 145 Rome..which..had impossibly attained vnto so highe glorie and power..without the singular fauour of the goddes. ?1606 M. Drayton Ode vi, in Poemes sig. B7^v S' impossibly I loue you. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 360 Reason not impossibly may meet Some specious object by the Foe subornd. View more context for this quotation 1716 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad II. v. Observ. 415 His Enemy took..a rising Ground, by which means he might not impossibly stand higher. a1849 T. L. Beddoes Second Brother ii. ii, in Poems (1851) I. 38 Let us forget what else is possible,—Yea hope impossibly! 1885 Manch. Examiner 28 May 5/3 The ceremony..may not impossibly be marred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1579
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