What it means
- (adverb) (modifying a clause or predicate) Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker. “It was possibly the costliest mistake in the organization's history.”
- (adverb) (modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance. “I couldn't possibly be there on time.”
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Letter analysis
- Possibly contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
Related words
Other 8-letter words
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- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with POS
- pose
- posed
- poser
- posers
- poses
- poseur
- poseurs
- posh
- posher
- poshest
- posies
- posing
- posit
- posited
- positing
- position
- positional
- positioned
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Words ending with BLY
Sub-words
- bossily
- biopsy
- sibyls
- spoils
- blips
- bliss
- boils
- bossy
- lisps
- ploys
- sibyl
- silos
- slips
- slobs
- slops
- soils
- spoil
- sysop
- blip
- boil
- bops
- boss
- boys
- lips
- lisp
- lobs
- lops
- loss
- oils
- oily
- piss
- ploy
- pols
- poss
- posy
- silo
- sips
- slip
- slob
- slop
- sobs
- soil
- soli
- sols
- sops
- yips
- bop
- boy
- lbs
- lib
- lip
- lob
- lop
- oil
- ops
- pis
- ply
- poi
- pol
Common questions
What does Possibly mean?
(modifying a clause or predicate) Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker.
How many letters are in Possibly?
Possibly has 8 letters.
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