ASSUMABLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

assumably

adverb

Definition of assumably

as in probably

by reasonable assumption assumably, the package deal for the cruise includes air fare

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Not a forest by any means, but a small woods where there are squirrels and chipmunks, probably snakes and skunks, rabbits and, now and then, passing through on some mysterious transient route, a deer or a family of deer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
And that’s probably going to be an extra big problem when people are cooped up at a remote mining outpost.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of probably

Adverb

In light of the strong growth and inflation figures, the BOK would likely need to continue to raise rates, albeit with some caution, said Frederic Neumann, chief Asia economist at HSBC.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The film will likely depict the Ploughman’s rise from obscurity to notorious outlaw, though most retellings of his story have been set centuries before the Peasants’ Revolt.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of likely

Adverb

That translates into a maybe — maybe a win, maybe a loss and maybe a national impact.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
For at least the rest of the year, and maybe longer, this means the launch rate at the Florida spaceport will drop from eight or nine per month to perhaps two per month.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of maybe

Adverb

People leave behind scent that can last 10 to 15 days, perhaps longer than that.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling).

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of perhaps

Adverb

Yet, on TikTok, on Threads, and, presumably, in innumerable group texts, a contrarian consensus has flourished.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
That is, as my colleague David Hudnall wrote a day earlier, presumably to avoid a petition forcing a public vote.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

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