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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The Senators get a player who can help them now and possibly beyond for a manageable cost.
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At the trial, her family asked what kind of assault could possibly make the level of violence Armand enacted necessary, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed his staff to review and possibly alter national monuments as part of a push to expand U.S. energy production, a move that could further shake up public lands amid mass firings of national park and forest employees.
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Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
Changing Employee Behavior At Scale CHROs can’t possibly influence the behavior of every single person in the organization themselves.
—John Borland, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
At the trial, her family asked what kind of assault could possibly make the level of violence Armand enacted necessary, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed his staff to review and possibly alter national monuments as part of a push to expand U.S. energy production, a move that could further shake up public lands amid mass firings of national park and forest employees.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Possibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/possibly. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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