humanly

everything humanly possible

Everything that is realistically possible. This is my dream job, so I plan to do everything humanly possible to get it. Voters don't trust that candidate because he's been promising to give them everything humanly possible, and they know that's not realistic. Ugh, I overslept and then did everything humanly possible to try to make my flight, and I still missed it.
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humanly possible

Realistically possible. Usually used in the phrase "as fast as humanly possible," meaning as fast as a person could possibly go. This cab driver needs to go as fast as humanly possible to give us any chance of making our flight! I got ready as fast as humanly possible and still missed the bus. This is my dream job, so I plan to do everything humanly possible to get it.
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everything humanly possible

everything that is in the range of human powers. The rescuers did everything humanly possible to find the lost campers. The doctor tried everything humanly possible to save the patient.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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