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[ adverb ] with a possibility of becoming actual

Synonyms

possibly

Examples

"introducing possibly dangerous innovations" "he is potentially dangerous" "potentially useful"

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

`` There is a workable alternative to this potentially dangerous and harmful C. + O. - B. + O. merger scheme '' -

(Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)

If cell * * f is an information cell , it and any information cells in the Y-region that have been linked to * * f each contain an address in the W-region where a potentially matching form is stored .

Related terms

potential potential potential

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Rhymes with

confidentially preferentially sequentially essentially eventually tangentially exponentially circumstantially substantially unintentionally preferentially essentially tangentially sequentially confidentially exponentially eventually financially temperamentally coincidentally experimentally fundamentally especially incidentally provincially environmentally specially accidentally developmentally generally mentally perennially generally initially governmentally testily developmentally environmentally kennelly mentally commercially testily racially substantially circumstantially professionally actually temperamentally beneficially unofficially fundamentally artificially officially accidentally coincidentally experimentally judicially centrally unsuccessfully successfully unintentionally gravitationally professionally educationally socially operationally especially specially steadily dreadfully unsuccessfully regretfully federally successfully architecturally momentarily militarily voluntarily impartially crucially partially clumsily exceptionally carefully severally federally financially initially professionally perpetually superficially provincially respectfully unconstitutionally institutionally governmentally merrily readily wearily temporarily anencephaly warily secondarily heavily unintentionally conventionally eventually intentionally gravitationally nutritionally conditionally helpfully operationally unconditionally educationally additionally traditionally wishfully actually functionally rationally proportionally irrationally conditionally institutionally additionally constitutionally nutritionally exceptionally nationally internationally spiritually unconditionally unconstitutionally traditionally purposefully commercially functionally architecturally racially extraordinarily primarily arbitrarily customarily ordinarily necessarily fiscally scantily tivoli gainfully irrationally rationally nationally painfully internationally sicily unnaturally blissfully naturally technically clumsily radially tastefully exceptionally gratefully gracefully involuntarily individually actually medically officially beneficially noisily unofficially judicially artificially nasally professionally surgically operationally occasionally manfully educationally temporally proportionally emotionally tully tearfully tripoli clinically italy cynically handily frantically eerily personally gracefully forcefully totally sardonically

Phonetic and Homophones

P AH0 T EH1 N SH AH0 L IY0
P AH0 T EH1 N CH AH0 L IY0

Similar Spelling

potential potentiality potently Potentilla potentiate potential_unit potential_drop potentiation patently potentiometer potentate

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