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potentionally

potentionally is the nonstandard form of potentially.

Meaning of potentially

Adverb

potentially (comparative more potentially, superlative most potentially)

  1. In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.
    • Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist
    Synonyms:
    in posse
  2. (obsolete) Powerfully, strongly.
    • I freely assert, that the cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially upon the whole broad world, taken in one aggregate, than the high and mighty business of whaling.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of potentionally

comparativemore potentionally
superlativemost potentionally

Questions about potentionally

What is potentionally the nonstandard form of?
Potentionally is the nonstandard form of potentially.

Words near potentionally in the dictionary

  1. potentiometres
  2. potentiometric
  3. potentiometrically
  4. potentiometry
  5. potentional
  6. potentionally
  7. potentionals
  8. potentiostat
  9. potentiostatic
  10. potentiostatically
  11. potentiostats

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