po‧ten‧tial‧ly AC /pəˈtenʃ
əli/
adverb [+ adjective/adverb] [
Word Family: noun:
potential,
potentiality;
adverb:
potentially;
adjective:
potential]
something that is potentially dangerous, useful etc is not dangerous etc now, but may become so in the future:
a potentially dangerous situation [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲