possibly

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒs.ə.bli/
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/ˈpɒs.ə.bli/ · /ˈpɒs.ɪ.bli/ · /ˈpɑ.sɪ.bli/ · /ˈpɑ.sə.bli/ · /ˈpɔs.ə.bli/

Definition of possibly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker.
    “Near-synonyms: maybe, perhaps, mayhap, mayhaps, by chance, perchance, peradventure; conceivably”
    “Possibly, they will make gains in the midterm elections.”
    “It was possibly the costliest mistake in the organization's history.”
    “This rare and possibly unique specimen must be conserved.”
    ““Well, everything does point to either a major epeirogenic deformation, or possibly just a simple disruption of isostasy throughout the entire plate network.””
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adv

  1. Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker.
    “Near-synonyms: maybe, perhaps, mayhap, mayhaps, by chance, perchance, peradventure; conceivably”
    “Possibly, they will make gains in the midterm elections.”
    “It was possibly the costliest mistake in the organization's history.”
    “This rare and possibly unique specimen must be conserved.”
    ““Well, everything does point to either a major epeirogenic deformation, or possibly just a simple disruption of isostasy throughout the entire plate network.””
  2. In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.
    “I'm much stronger than you, so you can't possibly win.”
    “I couldn't possibly be there on time.”
    “I couldn't possibly cheat on my wife.”
    “It seems unlikely, but, yes, they could possibly win even now.”
    “The police don't know him, and the information they have leads them to think he could possibly have murdered his wife.”

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Etymology

From possible + -ly.

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