potentially adv 1: with a possibility of becoming actual; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful"
Potentially \Po*ten"tial*ly\, adv. 1. With power; potently. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. In a potential manner; possibly, not positively. [1913 Webster] The duration of human souls is only potentially infinite. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]