I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which could not possibly be any animal known to science.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure of that?”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
You may possibly have read my little monograph upon the subject.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
You will then learn in possibly twenty cases out of the twenty-three that the waste of the day before has been burned or removed.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— in a possible manner : by any possibility
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Macmillan
— likely to happen or be true, but not certain
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16 uses of ‘possibly’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle