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Potentially

With power; potently.

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Possible 66% connected

Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -…

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At times adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Believably adverb · 78% connection

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

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Broadly speaking adverb · 78% connection

without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"

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By and large adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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Caveat noun · 78% connection

(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against th…

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Close to adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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From time to time adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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In all likelihood adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In all probability adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In part adverb · 78% connection

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

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Just about adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Limit noun · 78% connection

the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly wit…

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More often than not adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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More or less adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Now and again adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Now and then adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Obviously adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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On occasion adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Abdication noun · 78% connection

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sov…

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Act noun · 78% connection

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

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Admission noun · 78% connection

Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

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Agent noun · 78% connection

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

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Animal noun · 78% connection

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an…

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Aphemia noun · 78% connection

Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

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Appointment noun · 78% connection

The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also…

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Arbiter noun · 78% connection

Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is n…

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Assumption noun · 78% connection

the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assu…

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Attraction noun · 78% connection

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate part…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisd…

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