PROFESSEDLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

professedly

adverb

Definition of professedly

as in perhaps

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Recent Examples of professedly In this relationship comedy, a man (Kyle Marvin) seeks a little help from his friends after his wife (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, only to throw the friends’ (Dakota Johnson, Michael Angelo Covino) professedly open marriage into disarray in the process. — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025 They are professedly based on hunches that the enemy will attack, occupy or conquer at some future time unless the enemy is obliterated. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2025 But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps. — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022 In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry. — Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged. — David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021

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The company notified the state and employees last week of the impending closure, with plans to move the manufacturing, and perhaps some of the affected workers, to other Ferrara facilities.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Fame, fortune, perhaps rubbing elbows with '80s superstar Bobby Brown?

— Kristian Monroe, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of perhaps

Adverb

Presumptive new House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries must surely realize that Trump in the White House is the best asset Democrats can possibly have, the gift that truly keeps on giving.

— Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Detroit fans, wearing blue T-shirts and jerseys, might have comprised 50%, and possibly more, of the fans at Hard Rock Stadium.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of possibly

Adverb

Even after Cope clanked both, rookie coach Eric Laut – an assistant at Utah State under Jerrod Calhoun the past two seasons – could have probably iced it by having the Texans team intentionally foul USD.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
But with Great America’s latest corporate owner, Six Flags, struggling financially after its merger with Cedar Fair, there have been clear signs that the park probably was going to close sooner rather than later.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of probably

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Raman could conceivably try that formula, Grose said, and take advantage of what figures to be a honeymoon period with voters who are hungry for change.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Others are stolen and listed on the dark web, where they might conceivably be plagiarized for movie and TV adaptations.

— David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of conceivably

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Right-hander Javier Assad still has an option year left, likely putting him in a depth/swing role again.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Investigators determined that the encounter likely involved predatory behavior, although officials did not elaborate on how the attack unfolded.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of likely

Adverb

Just as all the guys in the crew except Moe fail to step up and intervene when the drunks mess with the girls, so too do the girls fail to step up and intervene in Kaylee’s delusional, maybe even hallucinatory, view of Matt.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
And maybe, just maybe, a day when UCF fans are packing the Bounce House for a home playoff game instead of packing their bags for a forgettable Weed Whacker Bowl trip to Shreveport.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of maybe

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What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
These remarks are manifestly silly, but the conversation ranges into darker territory.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026

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