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The word 'possibly' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is an adverb that means "perhaps" or "maybe." You can use 'possibly' to indicate a strong likelihood or chance of something happening, without being completely certain. For example: - It will possibly rain tomorrow. - The team will possibly win the game, but it's not guaranteed. - She will possibly finish her project by the deadline. You can also use 'possibly' to express a possibility that is not certain, and may even be unlikely. For example: - He will possibly be late for the meeting. - It is possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. - It was possibly the scariest experience of my life.
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Possibly
adverb
Perhaps;
Exact(60)
What could possibly go wrong?
Quite possibly.
Or possibly not.
Could this possibly be true?
The less harsh sentences came from the Manchester judge who announced, possibly in solidarity, that he too was exceeding the guideline.
The idea being that it would receive the licence fee and could in time become a kind of public body funding public broadcasting (or possibly specific programmes) other than on the BBC.
"Very serious allegations have been raised which throw into doubt the safety of our conviction, and there is possibly a miscarriage of justice.
Raymond Carver (1976) Possibly the most economical short story writer in this list, Carver, with his precise, punchy prose, conveys in a few words what many novelists take several pages to elucidate.
Possibly, though The Man in the High Castle and Mad Dogs both look better bets.
That leaves Williams to mind the fort until a Flood replacement – possibly his old Scarlets club-mate Rhys Priestland, or Freddie Burns of Gloucester – arrives; certainly for the couple of months when Flood is away with England's Six Nations squad.
What is striking about Dawn Wall – and the reason it is being hailed as possibly the world's hardest climb – is that it has linked so much very hard climbing into a single route.
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