possibly
possibly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessible
- achievable
- admit
- agreement
- and
- anything
- are
- attainable
- barely
- bear
- but
- chance
- compatibility
- compatible
- conceivable
- contingency
- contingent
- credible
- dice
- distance
- doubtful
- effect
- feasibility
- feasible
- haply
- have
- improbable
- inter
- just
- likely
- luck
- marginally
- may
- maybe
- mayhap
- measurable
- misericordia
- obtainable
- ours
- peradventure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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