possibly definícia v slovenčine

  • 0 used when something is not certain: --

    • "Will he come?" "Possibly not."

    • "Do you think this skirt might be too small for her?" "(Very) possibly - she has put on a some weight."

    • He may possibly decide not to come, in which case there's no problem.

  • 1 used with "can" or "could" for emphasis: --

    • "Have another chocolate." "No, really, I couldn't possibly."

    • Could I possibly ask you to move your chair a little?

    • We did all that we possibly could to persuade her to come.

    • He can't possibly have drunk all that on his own!

  • 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: --

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  • However, they have not found favour with many workers, possibly due to complexity and expense.

  • After that period, new parasitoids would emerge and possibly reduce further the spread of the virus.

  • An event that could possibly impact this design proper ty occurred in the cluster.

  • In fact, research on cortical connectivity finds development to be discontinuous, and possibly stagelike, based on experience-dependent and experience-independent factors.

  • How could anything so infuriatingly nebulous possibly elucidate egoism or altruism?

  • However, this is possibly the most questionable point in their paper.

  • How complex a cultural repertoire could possibly ratchet up, without primate manual dexterity?

  • What if they proved to be among those nonhuman animals (possibly including the great apes, elephants, and other species) of which this could be said?

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