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Synonyms for possibly
Synonyms
conceivably, maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps
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Officer Frank Iacone, the police union president, said the officers saved the woman’s life, and possibly, the lives of the two children. — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, "East Hartford neighborhood shattered by domestic violence, deadly police shooting," 6 Sep. 2019 And there’s possibly going to be an update to Apple’s cheapest phone, the iPhone SE, which wasn’t changed after its 2016 introduction and was discontinued a year ago. — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, "Is WeWork Really a Tech Company? The Answer Matters—Data Sheet," 6 Sep. 2019 No one else - including myself - has ever done what Gun did: Tell secret truths at personal risk, before an imminent war, in time, possibly, to avert it. — Kenneth Turan, chicagotribune.com, "‘Official Secrets’ review: Keira Knightley stars as a true-life whistle blower," 5 Sep. 2019 Or possibly, as of this summer, a $50,000 Acura born in central Ohio. — Stephen Williams, New York Times, "This Car Comes in Any Color You Want, So Long as It’s Valencia Red," 5 Sep. 2019 Inuits had passed down a trail of disturbing oral histories about the ailing white men who came ashore like Arctic refugees, succumbing to exposure, starvation and even, possibly, cannibalism. — Meagan Flynn, Anchorage Daily News, "A doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic killed 129 men. Now the ship’s artifacts have been found ‘frozen in time.’," 29 Aug. 2019 And in other news in Louisville, reporter Sarah Ladd has found the cutest protester of the day, and possibly in history. — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, "LIVE UPDATES: Follow what's happening today as Trump visits Louisville," 21 Aug. 2019 Earlier this year, Carla Engelbrecht flew to Phoenix, sat on the couch in a stranger's living room, and observed the stranger watching—or possibly playing or experiencing—a movie-length installment of Black Mirror. — Wired, "Netflix's Carla Engelbrecht Chooses Her Own Adventures," 19 Aug. 2019 The danger, security advocates said, was that the schedule could slip and Georgia could then fall back on its old, insecure electronic machines in the March primary and possibly in the November 2020 general election as well. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Judge orders Georgia to switch to paper ballots for 2020 elections," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'possibly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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