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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Possibly \Pos"si*bly\, 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. Can we . . . possibly his love desert? --Milton. When possibly I can, I will return. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: possibly adv 1: by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" [syn: {perchance}, {perhaps}, {maybe}, {peradventure}] 2: with a possibility of becoming actual; "introducing possibly dangerous innovations"; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful" [syn: {potentially}] 3: in a manner or to a degree possible of conceiving; "is it possibly true?" [ant: {impossibly}] 4: to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means "they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?" [ant: {impossibly}]
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