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presumably
presumably
adverb pre·sum·ably \-blē\
: very likely
Full Definition of PRESUMABLY
: by reasonable assumption
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Examples of PRESUMABLY
- <presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts>
First Known Use of PRESUMABLY
1846
Related to PRESUMABLY
- Synonyms
- evidently, ostensibly, ostensively, apparently, putatively, seemingly, supposedly
- Antonyms
- improbably
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