{
    "term": "possibly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say that something might exist, happen or be true, but you are not certain",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was possibly their worst performance ever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She found it difficult to get on with her, possibly because of the difference in their ages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Will you be around next week?’ ‘Possibly.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I’m sure he didn’t mean to be rude.’ ‘Quite possibly *(= you may be right)*, but the damage has been done.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Last year, his mother died, possibly due to heart failure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a popular but possibly dangerous type of extreme diet"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "perhaps",
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used with can/could to emphasize that you are surprised, annoyed, etc. about something",
            "labels": "(usually ironic)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can't possibly mean that!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How could you possibly think that I had anything to do with it!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He turned out to be the nicest guy you could possibly imagine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What could possibly go wrong?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used with could to ask somebody politely to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Could you possibly open that window?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used with can/could to say that somebody will do or has done as much as they can in order to make something happen",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I will come as soon as I possibly can."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They tried everything they possibly could to improve the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We don’t want these rumours to spread if we can possibly avoid it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't see what more he could possibly do."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used with negatives, especially can't/couldn't, to say strongly that you cannot do something or that something cannot or could not happen or be done",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't possibly tell you that!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't possibly carry all those bags."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Let me buy it for you.’ ‘That's very kind of you, but I couldn't possibly *(= accept)*.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɒsəbli/",
                "audio": "po/possibly/possibly__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːsəbli/",
                "audio": "po/possibly/possibly__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}