Usage Note
Potentiellement signals that something may happen or may be true under certain conditions — cela pourrait potentiellement causer des problèmes. It is a favourite of administrative and media language. In informal speech, peut-être or éventuellement often replace it, though éventuellement is a false friend — it means 'possibly' not 'eventually'.
Examples
"Ce médicament est potentiellement dangereux."
Natural Translation
This medication is potentially dangerous.
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