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
G. B. ShawExamples of possibly in a Sentence
he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Since the arrest, political pressure has been building for Healey’s administration to be transparent about how Cook, who was previously arrested in connection with a 2001 shooting in Springfield, possibly landed the job.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Forlini estimated that unofficial results came in possibly two hours earlier than in prior elections from those participating in the pilot program.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
With a snip of a gene, doctors may one day permanently lower dangerously high cholesterol, possibly removing the need for medication, according to a new pilot study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
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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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