possibly

Questions about possibly

What does possibly mean?

possibly means "by chance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in possibly?

possibly has 3 syllables: pos-si-bly. The stress falls on "pos". In IPA it is /ˈpɑsəbli/.

What is another word for possibly?

Close synonyms include perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of possibly?

The recorded antonyms are impossibly.

Is possibly a common word?

possibly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with possibly?

1 word rhymes with possibly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.