possibly
(adverb)
adverb
1. by chance
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
Similar word(s): maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps
2. to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means
- they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?
Sentences with possibly as an adverb:
- 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.
- 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.