It is plainly impossible, those scientists will say, that any super civi-lization could have existed in prehistoric times.

The sea was still running high, and escape by the boats was plainly impossible.

And by a boy's name, a common boy's name like Sam, plainly impossible.

Flora made her own way back, giggling and trying to restore her clothes, which was plainly impossible.

It almost felt as if she had snatched the picture from someone's mind, and that was plainly impossible.

It was plainly impossible to shut down all forms of communication.

It is not as if what needs to happen is plainly impossible for economic or other reasons.

One must be careful to differentiate between compositions which are unusual and those which are plainly impossible.

Is it not, therefore, according to you, plainly impossible the creation of any inanimate creatures should precede that of man?

What he had suggested was plainly impossible.