possibly
adverb
pos·si·bly
ˈpä-sə-blē 
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—
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Examples of possibly in a Sentence
he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely
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Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Ice spread outward from the poles, advancing over land and sea without prejudice, possibly all the way to the equator.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2024
The first season packed roughly two decades of Targaryen family drama into 10 episodes before ending with an aerial battle that sees one angry (and possibly hungry) dragon ignoring its rider’s command and taking out another dragon in one chomp, rider and all.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
The negatives are the only reason Reeves is possibly available to the Warriors at No. 52.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
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possibly
adverb
pos·si·bly
ˈpäs-ə-blē
1
: by possible means : by any possibility
that cannot possibly be true
2
: perhaps
may possibly recover
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