IMAGINABLY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

imaginably

adverb

as in practically

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Trading a state paycheck for a sidewalk food cart is practically unheard of.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Ismail Abdus-Sabur’s youngest child was practically a newborn when he was first taken into custody in January 2014, his family said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of practically

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Democrats will have a difficult time flipping the Senate, where Republicans hold a three-seat majority, but could conceivably do so in a blue wave year.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Conceivably, Bessent could be right; conceivably, Warsh could be right.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of conceivably

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Many users are unaware of the various ways that smart TVs can track the activity of people in the home, and many presume (and reasonably so) that the TV isn’t tracking anything if it’s not connected to the Internet.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Turkey is also a reasonably desirable destination for players of a certain type.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reasonably

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Bowman should move him before the start of 2026-27, possibly in a deal for a player like Hyry, who would have more utility on Edmonton’s roster.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The slate includes a game in Germany, Spain and France — giving fans more European choices and possibly impacting London demand.

— Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of possibly

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Either squad could have plausibly won the 2021 Western Conference in a relatively down year.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Zhang built and launched Cara on a shoestring as a place where artists could share work in an environment where no consent could plausibly be implied.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of plausibly

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At the same time, the sport seems well-positioned to not only weather the blow, but perhaps even grow in its wake.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Ki picked the 145-pound featherweight class because of its relative depth, and Chou said getting 32 fighters into a bracket requires a deeper pool, perhaps 50 fighters, to have alternates.

— Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of perhaps

Adverb

And potentially in some of our societies, going back to superstition again.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Sodium is considerably more abundant and widely distributed than lithium, potentially giving sodium-ion batteries an advantage in resource availability.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

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