I think that these, believe it or not, convey distinct meanings and aren’t redundant. They use slightly different senses of the words.
For example:
“It’s possibly possible for humans to colonize Mars/create sentient AI.”
“It’s possibly possible for me to lift 400 pounds if I became a bodybuilder.”
“It’s possibly possible for Earth to combine with another planet”.
That is, it may be possible for humans to colonize Mars or create sentient AIs, or for you to lift 400 pounds, but we don’t know yet. (Without making empirical claims, let’s assume for sake of example that we know this to be true.) The first meaning of possibility relates to chance/probability whereas the second relates to ability/capability/feasibility. Another way to express it more clearly is “It’s potentially possible/there’s a chance that it’s possible/capable of happening or being done”. To just say “It’s possible” might convey the same meaning, but risks confusing/conflating it with saying that it’s definitely or even currently possible, rather than hypothetically (either physically/nomologically or just logically) possible in the sense of not currently being able to rule it out, falsify/disprove it or prove it either way (but having reason to think it could happen in some scenario).
“It’s not necessarily necessary for you to wear a tie to the meeting, they might not care.”
“It’s not necessarily necessary to use antibiotics to treat the infection”.
It may be necessary (in achieving a stipulated goal/outcome, such as success in getting a job or promotion, or tackling an infection) for some conditions or event/actions to be true/occur like wearing a tie or using antibiotics, but not definitely (we can’t guarantee it would be required). First necessary relates to degree of certainty/confidence/conviction or accuracy/completeness of what you’re saying, second relates to its requirement for serving a purpose (whether or not the purpose is itself necessary/required in any way). One way to say it might be “It’s not definitely/absolutely/guaranteed to be required/essential”.
How speak?
May be possible.
“A far future construction of a dyson sphere may be possible, but remains highly unlikely.”
Quite/entirely/absolutely necessary. Quite is better for the negative while the other two are better for the positive.
“It’s not quite necessary that you bring a dish to the potluck, but it is requested that all who can do so”
“It’s absolutely necessary that you file your taxes by the deadline lest you risk an audit”
“Feasible” is possibly a possible option.
What you have there are examples of a Tautology. Like saying “me myself”. The right thing to do is drop one of the words entirely. No additional meaning is imparted with 2 words that mean essentially the same thing.
What’s a better way to say “possibly possible”?
That is, it may be possible for humans to colonize Mars or create sentient AIs, or for you to lift 400 pounds, but we don’t know yet.
You answered your own question. 😁
Wtf is this conversation, half of these replies read like AI slop.
“possibly possible” is either redundant or unclear. Try:
- Plausible
- Conceivable
- Possible
“Not Necessarily necessary” is definitely redundant and unclear. Try:
- Not necessary
- Unnecessary
- May not be necessary
(Unless you’re talking about taking antibiotics for anything but a bacterial infection, in which case “wasteful and dangerous” is better phrasing.)
Possibly possible is redundant, but possibly doable might convey what you mean to say.
Necessarily needful might work as a synonym.
Maybe baby
Some options:
- Hypothetically, […]
- Theoretically, […]
- It’s hypothetically possible
- It’s theoretically possible
- It could be possible
- It’s not impossible
- It’s not mandatory
- It’s optional (only applies to the first example)
- You don’t always need to
- It’s not always necessary
- It might not be necessary
I’m not thinking too hard on this, but since you say each of the words convey distinct meanings, maybe try and find a synonym for each meaning of that word. That could work.
