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pos·sibly [ˈpɒsəbli, Am ˈpɑ:s-] ADV inv

1. possibly (feasibly):

I kept the speech as short as I possibly could
ich habe die Rede so kurz gehalten, wie ich nur konnte
he can't possibly have drunk all that on his own!
das kann er doch unmöglich alles allein getrunken haben!
to do all that one possibly can
alles Menschenmögliche tun

2. possibly (perhaps):

possibly
möglicherweise
possibly
vielleicht
I might possibly be a little late
ich werde mich möglicherweise ein wenig verspäten
very [or quite]possibly
durchaus möglich
very [or quite]possibly (more likely)
sehr wahrscheinlich

3. possibly (in polite use):

possibly
möglicherweise
could I possibly ask you to ...?
dürfte ich Sie vielleicht bitten, ...?
could you possibly speak up a little?
würde es Ihnen etwas ausmachen, ein wenig lauter zu sprechen?
another chocolate? — no, really, I couldn't possibly
noch ein Stück Schokolade? — danke, aber das wäre wirklich zu viel