Potentially
Potentially adverb - With a possibility of becoming actual.
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Virtually and potentially are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virtually" instead an adverb "Potentially".
Virtually
Virtually adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Potentially and virtually are semantically related. You can use "Potentially" instead an adverb "Virtually".
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The streets move around when they feel like it and every opening bounded on at least three sides can potentially lead you virtually anywhere (including somewhere you really don't want to go).
Source: Alien Geometries - She is a genie Alicorn who has virtually no limit to what she could potentially do to you.
Source: Blog / Ask a Pony - Note that virtually any character could potentially become a force to be reckoned with, even if they lacked arcane power.
Source: Tabletop Game / Deadlands
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