Thesaurus results for POSSIBLY

possibly

adverb

ˈpä-sə-blē

Definition of possibly

as in maybe

it is possible he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely

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Recent Examples of possibly The closure is weather dependent, and could possibly be delayed if conditions are not ideal. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 That's possibly because Starlink briefly discontinued the perk, but not before the customer had already subscribed to the Max plan, a nuance the AI may have failed to understand. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 Under Charlotte’s unified development ordinance, driveways must be at least 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, which can fit at least one full-size vehicle or possibly two small vehicles. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026 And that’s certainly true in this play, which possibly becomes more relevant every day. — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for possibly

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That translates into a maybe — maybe a win, maybe a loss and maybe a national impact.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
For at least the rest of the year, and maybe longer, this means the launch rate at the Florida spaceport will drop from eight or nine per month to perhaps two per month.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of maybe

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People leave behind scent that can last 10 to 15 days, perhaps longer than that.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling).

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of perhaps

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There are no Cubs players involved in the TikTok series, the Cubs told me, which is unfortunate since Crow-Armstrong has acting in his DNA — his mother and father are both actors — and probably would be at least as good as Damon.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Tom Even non-football fans can probably guess who this one is about.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026

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