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0 used when something is not certain:
- He may possibly decide not to come, in which case there's no problem.
- "Do you think this skirt might be too small for her?" "(Very) possibly - she has put on a some weight."
- "Will he come?" "Possibly not."
1 used with "can" or "could" for emphasis:
- He can't possibly have drunk all that on his own!
- We did all that we possibly could to persuade her to come.
- Could I possibly ask you to move your chair a little?
- "Have another chocolate." "No, really, I couldn't possibly."
2 so as to do or achieve something:
- He can’t possibly mean what he says.
3 with a likelihood that might or might not be true; perhaps:
- "Do you think this skirt might be too small for her?" "Possibly, she has put on weight."

I might possibly get the job finished by tomorrow evening, if I have no more interruptions.
I'd guess that she's in her forties - 45 possibly?
"Are you going to be at church on Sunday morning?" "Possibly - it depends how late we get back on Saturday."
There were possibly a hundred people at the meeting - certainly 80.
I can't understand why he's so bad tempered this week - possibly something at school is upsetting him.
The need for flexibility will be particularly important as economic conditions change, and possibly economic paradigms.
Possibly, the use of subject-based ratings leads to lower response rates than the use of investigator's ratings.
We also assume that the oncomiracidia may possibly migrate to the gills from the body surface.