conceivably

[kuhn-see-vuhb-lee]

adverb

1. as an outside chance; in a way that is possible, though not likely.

2. in a way that is possible to conceive or imagine.

Example Sentences

Joan’s decision should conceivably be easy; obviously, you’d choose to spend eternity with the person you were married to for six decades as opposed to someone you were married to for a blip.

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The line originally referred to the Euro tournament, but evolved over time to signify any soccer trophy that England could conceivably win after the long drought that followed its 1966 World Cup victory.

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There are a wide variety of missions it could conceivably support, including reconnaissance to prepare for strikes.

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That’s why this week we published a piece pointing out stocks that don’t appear to have benefitted from all the portfolio manager money that’s conceivably out there for them.

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Last year’s “The Lord of the Rings” anime, “The War of Rohirrim,” performed poorly at the box office despite conceivably having two built-in audiences in anime fans and “LOTR” obsessives.

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Related Words

• likely 
• perhaps 
• probably