possibly
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adverb \-blē\Definition of POSSIBLY
1
: in a possible manner : by any possibility <that's all she could possibly do>
2
: by merest chance : perhaps <possibly he will recover>
3
: it is possible or imaginable : conceivably <a political libel which may possibly damage me — G. B. Shaw>
See Examples of POSSIBLY
- <he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely>
First Known Use of POSSIBLY
14th century
Related to POSSIBLY
- Synonyms
- conceivably, maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps
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