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possibly
[ pos-uh-blee ]
adverb
- perhaps; maybe:
It may possibly rain today.
- in a possible manner:
She has all the money she can possibly use.
- by any possibility:
Could you possibly check this information for me?
possibly
/ ˈpɒsɪblɪ /
sentence substitute
- perhaps or maybe
- ( as sentence modifier )
possibly he'll come
adverb
- by any chance; at all
he can't possibly come
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Example Sentences
Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.
Who among Scalise's constituents could possibly care if he supported naming a post office for a black judge who died in 1988?
Within hours, thousands of Iranians challenged the foreign minister on social media asking how that could possibly be.
Hollywood might possibly fear North Korean sleeper cells capable of blowing up theaters that screen anti-Nork films.
Their reward: what is possibly the most infuriating series finale of the new millennium.
Davy walked through the door-way and found himself in the oddest-looking little country place that could possibly be imagined.
It is probable that Mlle. Mayer came under the influence of Prud'hon as early as 1802, possibly before that time.
Alice Arden, you little dream of the man and the route by which, possibly, deliverance is speeding to you.
Possibly, he would not shy at such monstrosities after twenty miles of a lathering ride.
He could not possibly doubt or question, and shame flooded him till he felt himself the meanest man alive.
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