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potentially

How many syllables in potentially?

  4 syllables

Divide potentially into syllables:   po-ten-tial-ly
Stressed syllable in potentially:   po-ten-tial-ly
How to pronounce potentially:   puh-ten-shuh-lee
How to say potentially:

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