How is the word может быть translated from Russian to English

English translation
maybe
adverb

Возможно, но без уверенности.

Possibly, but not certainly.

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  • Может быть, стоит подождать ещё немного. — Maybe we should wait a little longer.

  • Ему, может быть, тридцать лет. — He is maybe thirty years old.

  • Может быть, позже, сейчас я занят. — Maybe later, I'm busy right now.

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