CREDIBLY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

credibly

adverb

as in believably

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Recent Examples of credibly Until the playoffs each year, Major League Baseball can be credibly labeled a top-heavy business that’s tailor-made for the industry’s biggest markets at the expense of smaller locales. — David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026 The researchers think that no other star, living or dead, has ever been credibly reported as green. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 As far as the researchers are aware, no other star (living or dead) has ever been credibly reported as green. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 The key will be credibly signaling that critical Russian military and economic assets will be at risk if Russian forces continue pummeling Ukraine’s civilian economy and society. — Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 And that’s because Gucci is a mega brand — one of the few brands that can afford to do that credibly. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Her most effective characters are children or young adults, people who may credibly experience a simplistic moral awakening. — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Sometimes a judge will do that if a defendant credibly expresses remorse for his crimes. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Can those music scenes credibly speak to that disillusionment today? — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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Adverb

But during rehearsals, it was discovered that the plant could not believably lip-synch at that speed.

— Andrew Buss, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
Not since Lou Reed jammed 26 dollars in his hand has a group so believably articulated the crescendo and contours of a high, alongside the mundanity, side quests, and thousand-yard stares, too.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of believably

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Eudora’s outline is visibly backlit by a low late afternoon sun as her shadow is cast across the patchy grass of a pathway that leads to a ruin of Corinthian columns.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
The pop star flashed his newly asymmetrical smile to the big-screen cameras, showing that his top left incisor was visibly much shorter and uneven compared to his right.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of visibly

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So the theoretical maximum is 256 ESSMs rather than 64 missiles, although a practical loadout would probably mix missile types.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The overall answer probably won't surprise you, but the nitty-gritty details might.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of probably

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The company also used non-compete agreements restricting employees from joining rivals for two years, as part of their employment contracts, with senior employees holding valuable technical expertise likely facing closer scrutiny.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
But with the House majority likely padded by redder territory this cycle, Democrats will face fierce internal resistance to progressive policy ideas like Medicare for All.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of likely

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Amid the turmoil of mass student protests in the streets of Belgrade, two young people are bonded by a rash act of rebellion, despite their outwardly incompatible ideologies.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
And the search for the more outwardly romantic Dashwood was ongoing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of outwardly

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Someone has to keep tabs on the AP voters who can't possibly watch all these games and are forced to scramble and put together a list of the best 25 teams in the country.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
The current crisis is the latest and possibly most serious chapter in a long-running dispute over the rule of law in Poland.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of possibly

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That little girl was apparently perfectly built for fraud, somehow, and found the perfect environment in Silicon Valley, where exaggeration and outright lying were de rigueur.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
Just before the second half began, a number of fans were given transgender pride flags, apparently in an effort to obstruct other spectators' view of the banner and XX-XY supporters.

— Matt Calkins , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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