Possibly

(adv.) by chance; 'perhaps she will call tomorrow'; 'we may possibly run into them at the concert'; 'it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time'.

(adv.) to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means; 'they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?'.

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• They began to fear that possibly they had fallen upon the wrong crosses, and that the true cross was not with this number at all. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• My head ached with wondering how it happened, if men were neither fools nor rascals; and my heart ached to think they could possibly be either. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In the afternoon comes Thaka, possibly, to complain that old Mungo has stolen his new wife. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Eustacia might possibly decline to use her pen--it was rather her way to work silently--and surprise him by appearing at his door. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But I don't think you dislike me--and you can't possibly think I want to marry you. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Possibly they mingled to a certain extent. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Mousterian Age implements, and all above it, are those of Neanderthal men or, possibly in the case of the rostro-carinates, of sub-men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• However, this was as good a road as we had found in Palestine, and possibly even the best, and so there was not much grumbling. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I didn't have much faith that it would work, expecting that I might possibly hear a word or so that would give hope of a future for the idea. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She might then possibly hear whether Nicholas had been able to make his application to Mr. Thornton. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• A more satisfactory arrangement to both sides could not possibly have been adopted. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Possibly; I have already arranged my plan of action. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Possibly the first drawings began as children's drawings begin, out of idle scratchings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Possibly you would rather return to Sola and your quarters. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The cave that I faced was not one of those that I had seen from the ground, and which lay much higher, possibly a thousand feet. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In the few hours that I can possibly allow to elapse before I publish the truth, how is he to be found by us, and only by us? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It was a pleasant reflection, though, that I did not hit him, because his master might just possibly have been a policeman. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue, said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I felt unusually alarmed, and trusting to the lightness of my heels I began to run as fast as I possibly could. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Possibly, if we could prove a bicycle to have been in his possession. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• This illusion, which created so much sensation in London and first known here as Pepper’s Ghost, I will endeavor to explain, and make the working of it as clear as I possibly can to the reader. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Damp, but not wet linen, may possibly give colds; but no one catches cold by bathing, and no clothes can be wetter than water itself. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I am beginning, as well as you could possibly wish, he said. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She had as firm a belief in the sweetness and propriety of his manners as she could possibly have had if he had been Lord Chamberlain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I alone know that your trumped-up story cannot possibly be true. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He cannot possibly object to being furnished with the opportunity of writing to his comrade three thousand miles away, of drinking pure water, or taking a walk in the park. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I made it a rule to take as much out of myself as I possibly could, in my way of doing everything to which I applied my energies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And what more could I possibly do, if I did believe it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Besides, it is a useless expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Possibly they pronounced their consonants very hard and had rather indeterminate vowels, as is said to be still the case with tribes of South Arabia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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