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possibly

  • adverb
  • /ˈpɒs.ə.bli/

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.

Other meanings

  1. 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.”

Example sentences

  • “What could possibly go wrong now?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “possibly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.