POSSIBILITY, POSSIBLE, POSSIBLY
ADJECTIVES
► CASEABLE able or liable to happen, possible → c1565 Sc. obs.
► ON possible, feasible, worthy of an attempt → 1935 UK sl.
ADVERBS
► ABLES perhaps, possibly → 1883 Sc.
► ABLINGS ► ABLINS in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps → 1597
► BEHAPPEN perhaps, possibly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BELIKE likely, in all likelihood, probably, maybe; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly → a1533
► BELIKELY likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly → a1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HAPPEN ► HAPPENS perhaps, possibly, maybe → 1790 N. Eng. dial.
► MAPPEN perhaps, possibly → 1848 Eng. dial.
► MAYHAP ► MAYHAPS perhaps, possibly → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAYHAPPEN perhaps, possibly → 1848 Eng. dial.
► PERHAPPEN perhaps, possibly → 1578 Sc. & Eng. dial., obs.
► YEABLES ► YIBBLES possibly, maybe, perhaps → 1868 Sc.
NOUNS
► DANGER a chance, a possibility; a likelihood → 1920s sl.
PHRASES
► CAN DO it is possible, it is within my power → 20C sl.
► SNOWBALL’S CHANCE IN HELL, A no possibility at all → 1934
VERBS
► DRIVE THE NAIL WHERE IT WILL GO to only attempt the possible → 1655 Amer. dial.
► POSSIBILITATE to make possible → 1829