Meaning & use

conceivably

adverb·Academic

Used to say that something is possible to imagine or believe, even if it seems unlikely.

See it in a sentence

Conceivably, the delayed flight could still arrive before midnight if the winds improve.

The plan might conceivably work, but it depends on several things going right at once.

A note on using this word

Conceivably softens a claim, suggesting a possibility the speaker considers real but far from certain.

Words with a similar meaning

possiblyfeasibly

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Words with an opposite meaning

impossibly

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