adv. | 1. | In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; |
Adv. | 1. | possibly - 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 - with a possibility of becoming actual; "introducing possibly dangerous innovations"; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful" Synonyms: potentially | |
3. | possibly - in a manner or to a degree possible of conceiving; "is it possibly true?" Antonyms: impossibly - in a manner or to a degree not possible of conceiving; "he is impossibly idealistic" | |
4. | possibly - to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means; "they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?" Antonyms: impossibly - to a degree impossible of achievement; "long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation"; "impossibly far from sources of supply" |