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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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