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Princeton's WordNet

  1. potentiallyadverb

    with a possibility of becoming actual

    "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful"

Wiktionary

  1. potentiallyadverb

    In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.

  2. potentiallyadverb

    Powerfully, strongly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Potentiallyadverb

    Etymology: from potential.

    This duration of human souls is only potentially infinite; for their eternity consists only in an endless capacity of continuance without ever ceasing to be in a boundless futurity, that can never be exhausted, or all of it be past or present; but their duration can never be positively and actually eternal, because it is most manifest, that no moment can ever be assigned, wherein it shall be true, that such a soul hath then actually sustained an infinite duration. Richard Bentley.

    They should tell us, whether only that be taken out of scripture which is actually and particularly there set down, or else that also which the general principles and rules of scripture potentially contain. Richard Hooker, b. iii.

    Blackness is produced upon the blade of a knife that has cut four apples, if the juice, though both actually and potentially cold, be not quickly wiped off. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

ChatGPT

  1. potentially

    Potentially refers to the possibility of something happening or becoming a certain way, often implying that the right conditions or actions could make it a reality. It indicates that the subject has the inherent capacity, talent, strength, or qualities necessary for a specific outcome, but it is not guaranteed or realized yet.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Potentiallyadverb

    with power; potently

  2. Potentiallyadverb

    in a potential manner; possibly, not positively

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'potentially' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3895

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'potentially' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4261

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'potentially' in Adverbs Frequency: #269

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of potentially in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of potentially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of potentially in a Sentence

  1. Ian Beer:

    For this one campaign that we've seen, there are almost certainly others that are yet to be seen, all that users can do is be conscious of the fact that mass exploitation still exists and behave accordingly ; treating their mobile devices as both integral to their modern lives, yet also as devices which when compromised, can upload their every action into a database to potentially be used against them.

  2. Jeff Rusnak:

    Biden's roots and history and commitment with those voters, with the blue-collar voters, will help him here. As long as he's not wounded coming out of Super Tuesday, then he could potentially get his bounce back and in some ways rehabilitate his campaign, there is an opportunity for Super Tuesday here. Whether he has the money or not to do that, that's the challenge. Right now, there is no media, no ground game being waged by them. The Bernie Sanders folks are everywhere ; The Bernie folks do have a ground game.

  3. Jared Jagdeo:

    I think the composition of dyes is an area that will be looked at in the future at the state and potentially federal level, this study is very important to bring attention to this important topic.

  4. Phil Hartmann:

    So as these compression garments claim it increases the blood flow during exercise, those negative -- well potentially negative -- properties can be washed out sooner.

  5. Hyon Choi:

    As a major natural antioxidant in the body, uric acid has been estimated to account for more than 50 percent of the antioxidant capacity of plasma, with these potentially neuro-protective properties, uric acid has been hypothesized to protect against oxidative stress, a prominent contributor to dopaminergic neuron degeneration in Parkinson's disease, which may also play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

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