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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he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Ryan Barash, who oversees the police drone and K9 programs, said this is the first city-wide drone program created by the drone company Skydio, and possibly one of the first ever by any company in the United States.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
That’s why, when King Charles announced his cancer diagnosis, speculating about his parents possibly also having had cancer started swirling.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 30 Mar. 2026
Director Frank Marshall has spent the past couple of years creating an official documentary about the band that will quite possibly come out around the time of the Rumours anniversary.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2026
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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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