Meaning of POSSIBLY
| Pronunciation: | | 'pâsublee
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- [adv] by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
- [adv] to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means; "they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?"
- [adv] in a manner or to a degree possible of conceiving; "is it possibly true?"
- [adv] with a possibility of becoming actual; "introducing possibly dangerous innovations"; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful"
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| | Synonyms: | | maybe, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, potentially |
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| | Definition: | | \Pos"si*bly\, adv.
In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by
extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or
exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may
recover.
Can we . . . possibly his love desert? --Milton.
When possibly I can, I will return. --Shak.
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