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Definition of Possibly
1. Adverb. By chance. "It may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
2. Adverb. To a degree possible of achievement or by possible means. "They can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?"
Definition of Possibly
1. adv. In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.
Definition of Possibly
1. Adverb. (context: modifying a clause or predicate) (non-gloss definition 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.) ¹
2. Adverb. (context: modifying a verb) (non-gloss definition 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.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Possibly
1. possible [adv] - See also: possible
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possibly
Literary usage of Possibly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... is really more than we could possibly bear with equanimity even for the sake
of the excellent ... to do more than hint that possibly an aor. t(h¡pa> ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This value seems to be very constant, and the Hefner lamp may possibly become a
standard of total as well as of luminous radiation. A. ST. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Hence the writer lived probably about 300 BC, but possibly later than that.
It is evident that the sources used by the writer included some of the canonical ..."
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