In a sentence
Six example sentences with potentially, each labelled with its topic.
The scan showed a shadow that was potentially serious, so the doctor booked a biopsy for the following week.
Medicine
The bug never fired in testing but potentially wipes a user's drafts, so the release was held back.
Technology
A currency peg that has held for years is still potentially fragile, and traders price that possibility every day.
Finance
The asteroid is potentially hazardous by the official definition, though its closest pass is still millions of miles away.
Science
The clause is potentially unenforceable, so the lawyer rewrote it before either party had signed.
Law
The market is potentially huge, but the founders admitted that only a few hundred people currently pay for anything like it.
Startups
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Found in these word lists
Found in 3 published word listsAuthoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)
Each source is a published word list that contains potentially. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.