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English Dictionary: possibly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure
  2. to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means; "they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?"
    Antonym(s): impossibly
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.
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