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Potentially

Definition: Potentially

Potentially

Adverb

1. With a possibility of becoming actual; "introducing possibly dangerous innovations"; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "potentially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)


Synonym: Potentially

Synonym: possibly (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Potentially

English words defined with "potentially": amiodarone, argonautCordaroneescapefallowgenus Chlorella, get away, get by, get off, get outlatentmoderatenoise pollutionpossibly, powder kegresolvablesound pollution, suicide pilltame, tone downunmerited. (references)
Specialty definitions using "potentially": aggressive soil conditions, Algal Blooms, ALGOL 68S, amphibious withdrawal, Animal Damage Control Program, AuranofinBencyclane, benzol indicator, Blastocystis hominis, broadcast quality video, Bromisovalum, Bt geneCargo Preference Act, Chorioamnionitis, cobalt-rich crust, Cognitive rehearsal, Coliform Organism, combinatorial chemistry, combinatorial chemistry library, Containment of Biohazards, Coproducts, Cost Recovery, critical care medicine, Custom feedersdata swapping, DNA Tumor Viruses, Docket Control, Drinking Water Equivalent Level, dumpster divingElectronic Support, Endangerment Assessment, End-Systole, Environmental Exposure, evolutionary algorithmFatty Liver, Alcoholic, Federal Plant Pest Act, female population aged 15-64, flight space, Flood Potential Outlook, Future LiabilityGas Scavengers, global variables, Gossypolhair-and-scalp specialist, Hazardous waste, Hepatitis, Alcoholic, HycanthoneINDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, Inhalation Exposure, intensive care medicinemale population aged 15-64, Maternal Exposure, maximum acceptable concentration, maximum allowable concentration, maximum permissible concentration, migma, Mixed Funding, Monkeypox virus, multidimensional transformationneoprene plug closure, Non-Binding Allocations of ResponsibilityOccupational ExposurePancreatitis, Alcoholic, Paternal Exposure, Peptide T, Personal Protective Equipment, Pest Control, Biological, Polyomavirus, PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANQuantum-dot Cellular AutomataRadioisotopes, Rauwolfia Alkaloidsscalp specialist, SCALP-TREATMENT OPERATOR, Single Electron Tunneling, Single Electron Tunneling Technology, Staphylococcus aureus, strong motion, susceptibility to damagethrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, total population aged 15-64, trichologistUltraviolet RaysValued Environmental Attributes/Components, vanna, vannauuniWildlife Services Program, wolf tree, wormhole routingZero tolerance, Zilog Z8000. (references)

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Modern Usage: Potentially

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What I use to able to pass off as a bad summer could now potentially turn into a bad life. (Kicking and Screaming; writing credit: Noah Baumbach; Oliver Berkman)

You have a potentially fatal allergy to brazil nuts. (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Potentially

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dangerous Aquatic Animals of the World: Full-Color Coverage of Potentially Hostile Aquatic... (reference)

  • Dfg Potentially Harmful Organisms and Substances in Feedstuffs and Animal Faeces: Report 5 (reference)

  • Drinking Water: Consumers Often Not Well-Informed of Potentially Serious Violations (reference)

  • Environmental Geochemistry of Potentially Toxic Metals (reference)

  • Medical Radiation Exposure of Pregnant and Potentially Pregnant Women (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Potentially

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Untreated, chlamydia can cause severe, costly reproductive and other health problems including both short- and long-term consequences, i.e. pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infertility, and potentially fatal tubal pregnancy. Credit: CDC.

A mooring buoy put in place by the restoration team prevented the need to to place large potentially damaging anchors on the reef. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Schematic of the components of a potentially tornadogenic thunderstorm. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Project Vortex - filming a potentially tornadogenic storm. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Specialized antenna array used to monitor the ATS-1 satellite. The ATS-1 was a forerunner of the GOES satellites. This antenna monitored solar proton warnings issued from sensors aboard the satellite which warned of potentially disruptive magnetic storm activity. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Sector of GOES full disk composite infrared and visible image indicates areas of high convection and potentially violent weather. A tornado occurred at Paris in the lower left corner of the cloud in Texas. In this image, the infra-red sensor is actually measuring the temperature of very cold cloud tops which is a sign of major convective activity and dangerous weather. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Potentially

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Those above 85 dB are potentially hazardous. (references)

Wear gloves when handling potentially infected animals. (references)

The caries process is endemic and potentially both preventable and curable. (references)

Business

Spain is potentially a wind energy powerhouse. (references)

This could potentially open up a huge market for FGD equipment. (references)

To take care of the potentially high growth, experts point out that the import model may not work well with PC vendors. (references)

Children

South Africa

Virginity testing is a violation of the law and exposes women to a potentially higher risk of being raped because of the virginity myth. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

Overall, the media has been outspoken in defending civil liberties; however, two laws potentially allow limits on some speech and press freedoms. (references)

Nicaragua

However, several constitutional provisions potentially qualify freedom of the press. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

By sector, the large privatized enterprises included: Agriculture/Food (28.5%), Construction (18.5%), and Industry (15.2%). The least privatized sector and potentially one of the most attractive to foreign investors is energy. (references)

Guyana

The U.S. Embassy views Guyana as a potentially profitable site for American investors, particularly in the areas of primary materials, agriculture and some consumer products. (references)

Ghana

Some potentially attractive sectors hitherto considered to be strategic enterprises have not yet been privatized, but the Government has announced its intentions to do so. They include the oil refinery, power and water utilities, ports and railways, and banks. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

One defector estimated that the class of those considered potentially hostile may comprise 25 to 30 percent of the population; others place the figure at closer to 20 percent. (references)

Sri Lanka

This discovery potentially implicated the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF), which occupied Jaffna at the time. (references)

South Africa

In October the TRC's amnesty committee submitted its final report; it is estimated that no more than 20 cases potentially could be prosecuted, which could take up to 5 years. (references)

Political Economy

NETHERLANDS

Infringement proceedings remain within the jurisdiction of the national courts, which could result in divergent interpretations potentially detrimental to U.S. investors and exporters. (references)

JAPAN

Recently, the Japanese Government has implemented potentially useful measures for increasing FDI, including a comprehensive revision of its Commercial Code. (references)

NIGERIA

Nigeria potentially could offer investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and the largest domestic market in sub-Saharan Africa. (references)

Political Rights

Hong Kong

The U.N. Human Rights Committee in November 1999 also expressed concern that the abolition of the municipal councils would "diminish the opportunity of Hong Kong residents to take part in the conduct of public affairs." Hong Kong sends 36 delegates to China's National People's Congress (NPC). These 36 individuals are potentially an important group, since placing proposed amendments to the Basic Law on the agenda of the NPC requires the approval of two-thirds of Hong Kong's NPC delegates. (references)

Trade

Morocco

The stimulus to a competitive business environment provided by a liberalized trade regime can be offset by cumbersome customs administration and procedures that impose costs and delays on firms currently involved in international trade and defer others potentially interested in entering the trade area. (references)

Philippines

Companies with operations in at least two ASEAN member countries can potentially benefit from special accelerated CEPT preferential duty rates under the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme. (references)

Travel

Peru

Travelers in Peru should always substitute bottled beverages for potentially contaminated water. (references)

Nigeria

These are usually both fraudulent and illegal and could involve situations that potentially violate both Nigerian and U.S. law. (references)

Women

Botswana

In 1998 consultants submitted to the Labor Ministry a report identifying provisions of existing law that potentially discriminate against women. (references)

Worker Rights

Malaysia

In May 1999, various trade unions representing port workers announced plans to form a federation, potentially including 12,000 workers. (references)

Peru

No provisions exist in law for workers to remove themselves from potentially dangerous work situations without jeopardizing their continued employment. (references)

Malaysia

Some trade unionists claimed that unions that defy government policies face more intense scrutiny, potentially leading to deregistration. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Potentially

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953On the contrary, it would lift us out of a potentially perpetual state of housing emergency.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981The Administration has also grappled with the difficult questions posed by some veterans who served in Southeast Asia and were exposed to potentially harmful substances, including the herbicide known as Agent Orange.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001To stop and roll back North Korea's potentially deadly nuclear program, we'll continue to implement the agreement we have reached with that nation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Potentially

"Potentially" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.84% of the time. "Potentially" is used about 2,438 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.84%2,4343,683
Noun (proper)0.12%3202,518
Unclassified Items0.04%1339,140
                    Total100.00%2,438N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Potentially

Expressions using "potentially": potentially exempt transfer potentially explosive atmosphere potentially responsible party. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "potentially": potentially-damaging, potentially-dangerous, potentially-disastrous, potentially-fatal, potentially-harmful, potentially-in, potentially-lethal, potentially-nasty, potentially-toxic, potentially-unstable, potentially-useful.

Containing "potentially": might-potentially-have.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Potentially

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

access attachment blocked following outlook potentially unsafe

9

food hazardous potentially

8

certification door education fulfilling hypnosis potentially

5

client dangerous detected from potentially request.form value

5

explosive potentially

4

potentially

4

active control information page potentially provides this unsafe x

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Potentially

Language Translations for "potentially"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

potencialish, me mundësi. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

潜在地 (Latently). (various references)

   

Czech

  

potenciálnì. (various references)

   

Danish

  

proces der kan nedbryde ozon (potentially ozone-destroying process), potentielt skadelig interferens (potentially harmful interference), potentielt reflekterende terraen (potentially reflecting terrain), potentielt malign tumor (potentially malignant tumour), potentielt forurenet grund (potentially dangerous site), potentielt explosionsfarlig atmosfær (potentially explosive atmosphere), potentielt ansvarlig (potentially responsible party), potentiel ustabil forstaerker (potentially-unstable amplifier), Tilpasningsudvalget-Elektrisk materiel til anvendelse i eksplosionsfarlig atmosfaere (Adaptation Committee-Electrical Equipment for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres), ozon-nedbrydende stof (potentially ozone-depleting substance, potentially ozone-layer-depleting substance), margen af midler som eventuelt staar til raadighed (margin of potentially available resources), fraflyttet,potentielt forurenet grund (potentially dangerous abandoned site). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

potentieel-reflecterend terrein (potentially reflecting terrain), potentieel schadelijke interferentie (potentially harmful interference), potentieel ozonvernietigend proces (potentially ozone-destroying process), potentieel ozonaantastende stof (potentially ozone-depleting substance, potentially ozone-layer-depleting substance), potentieel instabiele versterker (potentially-unstable amplifier), potentieel gevaarlijk terrein (potentially dangerous site), potentieel explosieve atmosfeer (potentially explosive atmosphere), veroorzaker (pathogens, potentially responsible party), onbeheerd potentieel gevaarlijk terrein (potentially dangerous abandoned site), marge van potentieel beschikbare middelen (margin of potentially available resources), Internationaal Register van Potentieel Toxische Chemicalien (International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals), degene door wiens onrechtmatige daad de verontreiniging van de bodem is veroorzaakt (potentially responsible party), Comite aanpassing-Elektrisch materieel bestemd voor gebruik in explosieve omgeving (Adaptation Committee-Electrical Equipment for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

potentiaalisesti vaarallinen hylätty alue (potentially dangerous abandoned site), potentiaalisesti vaarallinen alue (potentially dangerous site), saastuttaja,jolla on puhdistusvelvollisuus (potentially responsible party), räjähdysvaarallisissa tiloissa kaivoskaasuille alttiissa kaivoksissa käytettävien sähkölaitteiden yhteisön sisäisen kaupan teknisten esteiden poistamiseksi annettujen direktiivien mukauttamista tekniikan kehitykseen käsittelevä komitea (Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Intra-Community trade in Electrical Equipment in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres in Mines Susceptible to Tiredamp), räjähdysvaarallisissa tiloissa käytettävien sähkölaitteiden kaupan teknisten esteiden poistamiseksi annettujen direktiivien mukauttamista tekniikan kehitykseen käsittelevä komitea (Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to trade in Electrical Equipment for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres), mahdollisesti heijastava maaperä (potentially reflecting terrain), mahdollisesti haitallinen häiriö (potentially harmful interference), jännitteeltään epästabiili vahvistin (potentially-unstable amplifier). (various references)

   

French

  

potentiellement. (various references)

   

German

  

möglicherweise (maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps, possibly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πολύ πίθανον, ενδεχόμενως, ενδεχομένως. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בכח (by dint of, forcibly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

robbanékony (choleric, detonable, excitable, explosive, fiery, irritable, potentially explosive, vehement, volcanic). (various references)

   

Italian

  

processo potenzialmente distruttivo dell'ozono (potentially ozone-destroying process), sostanza che potenzialmente impoverisce lo strato dell'ozono (potentially ozone-depleting substance, potentially ozone-layer-depleting substance), obbligazioni che sono l'oggetto di un investimento finanziario privato,vale a dire riservate mediante accordo bilaterale a certi investitori,se è conferita loro trasmissibilit almeno potenziale (i.e.bonds restricted by bilateral agreement to certain investors if they are at least potentially transferable, privately issued bonds), margine di risorse potenzialmente disponibili (margin of potentially available resources), interferenza potenzialmente dannosa (potentially harmful interference), faglia potenzialmente attiva (potentially active fault), Comitato per l'adeguamento-Materiale elettrico destinato ad essere utilizzato in atmosfera esplosiva (Adaptation Committee-Electrical Equipment for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres), atmosfera potenzialmente esplosiva (potentially explosive atmosphere), amplificatore potenzialmente instabile (potentially-unstable amplifier). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

千日手 (potentially endless repetition of moves). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せ"にちて (potentially endless repetition of moves). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

재 으로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otentiallypay

   

Portuguese

  

processo capaz de destruir o ozono (potentially ozone-destroying process), terreno propício s reflexões (potentially reflecting terrain), substância susceptível de destruir a camada de ozono (potentially ozone-depleting substance, potentially ozone-layer-depleting substance), obrigações que são objecto de uma emissão privada,isto é,reservada por acordo bilateral a determinados investidores,desde que lhe seja conferido,pelo menos potencialmente,o carácter de transferibilidade (i.e.bonds restricted by bilateral agreement to certain investors if they are at least potentially transferable, privately issued bonds), interferência potencialmente prejudicial (potentially harmful interference), grupo potencialmente responsável (potentially responsible party), Comité Adaptação-Material Eléctrico utilizável em Atmosfera Explosiva (Adaptation Committee-Electrical Equipment for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres), atmosfera potencialmente explosiva (potentially explosive atmosphere), amplificador potencialmente instavel (potentially-unstable amplifier). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

potenţial (potential, potentialities). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

потенциально. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

potencialmente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

potentiellt miljöriskområde (potentially dangerous site), potentiellt instabil förstärkare (potentially-unstable amplifier), ozonnedbrytningsprocess (potentially ozone-destroying process), ozonnedbrytande ämne (ozone depleter, ozone eater, ozone killer, ozone scavenger, ozone-damaging substance, ozone-depleting substance, ozone-modifying substance, ozone-reducing substance, potentially ozone-depleting substance, potentially ozone-layer-depleting substance), efterbehandlingsansvarig (potentially responsible party), övergivet potentiellt miljöriskområde (potentially dangerous abandoned site). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Potentially

Misspellings

"Potentially" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: potentally, potentiall, potintially, ptentially. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Potentially"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "potentially" (pronounced pute"nshulē or pute"nkhulē)
6-e" n sh u l ēconfidentially, essentially, exponentially.
5-n sh u l ēfinancially, provincially, substantially.
4-sh u l ēartificially, beneficially, commercially, impartially, initially, judicially, officially, partially, racially, socially, specially, unofficially.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, conceptually, conditionally, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
6-e" n kh u l ēpreferentially, presidentially, quintessentially, sequentially, tangentially.
5-n kh u l ēcircumstantially.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, pragmatically, preliminarily, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Potentially

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-n-o-p-t-t-y"

-1 letter: potentilla.

-2 letters: patiently, pollinate, potential.

-3 letters: allotype, alpinely, antipole, antitype, latently, patently, penality, plantlet, pliantly, plotline, politely, ponytail, potently, tinplate, tonality.

-4 letters: alienly, anolyte, antipot, aplenty, elation, inaptly, ineptly, nattily, opaline, paletot, pantile, patient, penally, penalty, pettily, plainly, playlet, polenta, potline, ptyalin, talipot, tintype, toenail, tonally, topline, totally.

-5 letters: aliyot, alpine, aplite, entail, entity, entoil.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-n-o-p-t-t-y"
 

+2 letters: anthophyllite.

 

+3 letters: anthophyllites, polytonalities.

 

+4 letters: contemplatively.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Potentially


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 74 65 6E 74 69 61 6C 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#116 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0074 0065 006E 0074 0069 0061 006C 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5081867180867567787891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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