{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/common-crossword-themes/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"These Common Themes Will Help You Solve Your Crossword","content":{"topicLabel":"Games"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/common-themes-will-help-you-solve-your-crossword-20251124.jpg","description":"Crack the code of crossword puzzles with our handy tips. Sharpen your skills and fill in those blanks with confidence and a bit of fun!","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/do-you-know-these-tech-terms-throughout-history","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"do-you-know-these-tech-terms-throughout-history","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/what-makes-a-word-funny/","text":"Why Do Some Words Sound So Funny?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/cool-words-about-words/","text":"Portmanteau and Other Cool Words About How We Use Words"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/tree-names-types-of-trees-tree-species/","text":"15 Fascinating Tree Names, Types of Trees, and Tree Species"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/what-are-the-major-punctuation-marks/","text":"Carets & Pipes: The Difference Between Punctuation and Typographical Symbols"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/shakespeare/","text":"Words Popularized by Shakespeare That We Still Use"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/trends-in-education-from-personalized-learning-to-gamification/","text":"Trends in Education: From Personalized Learning to Gamification"}],"topicLabel":"Education"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/turkey/","text":"Which Turkey Came First: The Bird or the Country?"}],"topicLabel":"Holidays 🦃"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/sagittarius-words/","text":"Do These Words Best Describe a Sagittarius?"}],"topicLabel":"Astrology ♐"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"foMlzmKPBqzf4ABtrw2g8","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6755224-23","sentence":"Kelly: Can you remember a moment when you thought not only could playing football be something you enjoy but potentially, 'I could make it'.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-11-29T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-29T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgex9v57q0eo","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Man Utd legend talks about his career, his unusual talent and his love of Championship Manager"},"offsets":[109,120]},{"id":"6755138-6","sentence":"Airbus has identified “a significant number” of aircraft in that family of planes that could be impacted, potentially delaying or canceling flights in the near-term.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/airbus-grounds-significant-number-of-a320-planes-8d3d4d09","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"By WSJ Staff","title":"Airbus Grounds ‘Significant Number’ of A320 Planes"},"offsets":[106,117]},{"id":"6755130-9","sentence":"Liverpool's own Ibrahima Konate has also been linked with a move to Real Madrid at the end of his contract, potentially following in the footsteps of former defensive partner Trent Alexander-Arnold.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c997y4y253ko","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Marc Guehi: Have Liverpool missed out on chance to sign Crystal Palace defender?"},"offsets":[108,119]},{"id":"6755083-26","sentence":"The top 25 most-viewed videos analysed by Hales contained products with an average of 11 and a maximum of 21 potentially irritating active ingredients for pediatric skin.","source":{"sourceName":"Barron's","publicationDate":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.barrons.com/news/driven-by-tiktok-trends-new-beauty-brands-target-children-08d3ab2a","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Adam PLOWRIGHT","title":"Driven By TikTok Trends, New Beauty Brands Target Children"},"offsets":[109,120]},{"id":"6755074-25","sentence":"For Alibaba investors, Pentagon watchlist talk is, more than anything else, a reminder of the potentially devastating power of regulatory risks for the stock.","source":{"sourceName":"Barron's","publicationDate":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-28T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/alibaba-stock-price-watchlist-baidu-byd-pentagon-630d367b","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Jack Denton","title":"Alibaba Watchlist Fears Rekindle Regulatory Horrors. The Stock Is Rising Anyway."},"offsets":[94,105]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"potentially"},"requestId":"8bCMkaBXJhXI25pxmKCrG","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"relatedEntries":[{"headword":"morally","partOfSpeech":"adverb","shortDefinition":"practically","slug":"morally","synonyms":[{"headword":"basically","slug":"basically"},{"headword":"implicitly","slug":"implicitly"},{"headword":"potentially","slug":"potentially"},{"headword":"probably","slug":"probably"},{"headword":"substantially","slug":"substantially"},{"headword":"virtually","slug":"virtually"}]}],"slug":"potentially"},"meta":{"arg":"potentially","requestId":"_a8-2MivlkNJmgTsXzvvd","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:53:12Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"potentially","standardForm":"potentially"},"id":"6097f7580000000363006d96","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:53:12Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"potentially","groups":["a","e","i","l","ll","n","o","p","t","tt","y"],"numLetters":11,"reverse":"yllaitnetop","subwordTokens":["potentially","otentially","tentially","entially","ntially","tially","ially","ally","lly","ly","y"]},"normalizedLetter":"p","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"antonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"improbably","id":"6097f69100000000560046e2","slug":"improbably"},"similarity":-100},{"entry":{"headword":"unlikely","id":"6097f86e000000028f001f3e","slug":"unlikely"},"similarity":-100}],"id":"6097f7580000000363006d9b","ordinal":1,"shortText":"conceivably","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"likely","id":"6097f6c7000000030300776e","slug":"likely"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"possibly","id":"6097f7580000000363005d54","slug":"possibly"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"probably","id":"6097f769000000008700304e","slug":"probably"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"imaginably","id":"6097f691000000005600e36b","slug":"imaginably"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"maybe","id":"6097f6e60000000220006425","slug":"maybe"},"similarity":10}]}],"id":"6097f758bb1f88f7c11dc720","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"adverb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"55680d360000000208009e80","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.flac","mpeg":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.mp3","ogg":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.ogg","wav":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.wav"},"id":"55680d360000000208009e81","ipa":{"text":"pəˈtɛn ʃə li"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[4,5,6],"html":"puh-ten-shuh-lee","italicIndices":[1,2,10,11],"text":"puh-ten-shuh-lee"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"potentially","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"potentially","requestId":"_dCFBew8O1P73aqZ9NNYb","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:54:46Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"potentially","standardForm":"potentially","syllabicForm":"po·ten·tial·ly"},"id":"55680d360000000208009e7c","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:54:46Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"potentially","groups":["a","e","i","l","ll","n","o","p","t","tt","y"],"numLetters":11,"reverse":"yllaitnetop","subwordTokens":["potentially","otentially","tentially","entially","ntially","tially","ially","ally","lly","ly","y"]},"normalizedLetter":"p","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"55680d360000000208009e8f","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; potential + -ly","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"examples":[{"sentence":"potentially useful information."}],"id":"55680d360000000208009e8b","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","text":"possibly but not yet actually."}],"id":"55680d360000000208009e88","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"adverb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"55680d360000000208009e80","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.flac","mpeg":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.mp3","ogg":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.ogg","wav":"P06/P0683900/P0683900.wav"},"id":"55680d360000000208009e81","ipa":{"text":"pəˈtɛn ʃə li"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[4,5,6],"html":"puh-ten-shuh-lee","italicIndices":[1,2,10,11],"text":"puh-ten-shuh-lee"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"potentially","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"potentially","requestId":"j4Fou2joFu1ZvCV6XApsV","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"potentially","slug":"potentially"},{"displayForm":"potentiality","slug":"potentiality"},{"displayForm":"potential","slug":"potential"},{"displayForm":"potentilla","slug":"potentilla"},{"displayForm":"exponentially","slug":"exponentially"},{"displayForm":"essentially","slug":"essentially"},{"displayForm":"potentiate","slug":"potentiate"},{"displayForm":"potential well","slug":"potential-well"},{"displayForm":"existentially","slug":"existentially"},{"displayForm":"intentionally","slug":"intentionally"},{"displayForm":"sequentially","slug":"sequentially"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"potentially","slug":"potentially"},{"displayForm":"potentiality","slug":"potentiality"},{"displayForm":"potential","slug":"potential"},{"displayForm":"essentially","slug":"essentially"},{"displayForm":"providentially","slug":"providentially"},{"displayForm":"intentionally","slug":"intentionally"},{"displayForm":"sequentially","slug":"sequentially"},{"displayForm":"confidentially","slug":"confidentially"},{"displayForm":"preferentially","slug":"preferentially"},{"displayForm":"celestially","slug":"celestially"},{"displayForm":"partially","slug":"partially"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"potentially"},"requestId":"kioJIW0Q0PBMXN4qlulEp","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

potentially

Example Sentences

Related Words