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.

—G. B. Shaw

Synonyms of possibly

• maybe
• perhaps
• probably

Examples of possibly in a Sentence

he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely

Recent Examples on the Web

There were fewer than four minutes left, and possibly four more rats to find. —Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026

Nonetheless, the exploit could allow an attacker to wrangle thousands, possibly millions, of devices into a network. —Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026

Once outside, the suspect fired indiscriminately, hitting other houses and possibly a vehicle in the immediate area, Sutter said. —Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 20 May 2026

On May 19, Google and Blackstone (BX) unveiled a joint AI cloud venture delivering compute-as-a-service based on TPUs, with total funding possibly escalating to $25 billion. —Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing possibly

• where can (someone) (possibly) be

Rhymes for possibly

• impossibly

Kids Definition

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