possibly Définition En Français

  • 0 perhaps, maybe -- peut-être

    • The rumors could possibly be true. Les rumeurs pourraient être vraies.

    • She’s possibly the best tennis player in the country. Elle est peut-être la meilleure joueuse de tennis du pays.

  • 1 emphasizes your surprise, disapproval, etc. -- peux/peut/pouvons/pouvez/peuvent/pourrais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient vraiment

    • You can’t possibly ask for any more money. Tu ne peux tout de même pas demander plus d’argent.

    • How could he possibly think hitting him was a good idea? Comment aurait-il vraiment pu croire que le frapper était une bonne idée ?

  • 2 used to make a polite request -- Peux-tu/Pouvez-vous/Pourrais-tu/Pourriez-vous…?

    • Could you possibly help me move this table? Pourriez-vous m’aider à déplacer cette table ?

  • 3 perhaps -- peut-être (bien)

    • ‘Will you have time to do it?’ ‘Possibly.’

  • 4 in a way or manner that is possible -- en/avec son possible

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Examples of possibly

  • Not to you personally, but to everyone who has ever held your office, and possibly also to some of those who will hold it in the future.

  • The first stage will involve consultation, but with some pressure being applied, and the second will possibly involve a degree of coercion.

  • In the last few centuries, discrimination has been possibly the least of the ills that have befallen them.

  • I am encouraged that there are some developments and possibly we will get some breakthrough.

  • Yes, you will possibly achieve your goal, but at what cost to this most important industry?

  • But the other, and possibly more important, reason is competition.

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