Definitions for possibly
ˈpɒs ə blipos·si·bly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure(adverb)

   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"

2. possibly(adverb)

   to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means

   "they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Possibly(adverb)

   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

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'possibly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1561

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'possibly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #905

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'possibly' in Adverbs Frequency: #130

How to pronounce possibly?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say possibly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of possibly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of possibly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of possibly in a Sentence

1. Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   The root of these frictions is that some people in the United States still have strategic misgivings about China, and are worried China will one day replace the United States, i want to stress here again, China is not the United States, and China cannot possibly become another United States.

2. Donald Trump:

   We will have a national emergency and we will then be sued, we'll possibly get a bad ruling, and then we'll get another bad ruling, and then we'll end up at the Supreme Court and hopefully we'll get a fair shake.

3. Matt Bryden:

   It seems there are two audiences: There's the game-meat eating audience, possibly aiming for here in East Africa, and then there's the adventure tourism audience of elsewhere, likely the West.

4. Donald Trump:

   When people see her record, I don't see how she could possibly win.

5. Chief Executive Kozo Takahashi:

   Of course, if we hadn't make mistakes we wouldn't be in this situation, i was central to making this medium-term plan, so I can't possibly quit in the middle of it.

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