PROFESSEDLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

professedly

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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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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

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The Bain-Altagamma Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study presented in June reported that personal luxury goods spending should grow at least 1 percent and possibly as high as 6 percent this year depending on how world affairs and tourism develop.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Witnesses described a man behind the wheel of a tan or gold Nissan Frontier doing donuts in parking lots, nearly hitting other vehicles and possibly striking curbs and a retaining wall, according to police.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of possibly

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There are no Cubs players involved in the TikTok series, the Cubs told me, which is unfortunate since Crow-Armstrong has acting in his DNA — his mother and father are both actors — and probably would be at least as good as Damon.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Tom Even non-football fans can probably guess who this one is about.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of probably

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Democrats will have a difficult time flipping the Senate, where Republicans hold a three-seat majority, but could conceivably do so in a blue wave year.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Conceivably, Bessent could be right; conceivably, Warsh could be right.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of conceivably

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The price was steep for Evangelista, but the first-round pick will likely be late in the round assuming Colorado remains one of the top teams in the league.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Other people who have these kinds of professions can challenge themselves by not relying on navigation devices, and their brains will likely benefit from it, Wood says.

— Renée Onque, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of likely

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Depending on one’s vantage, the concrete behemoth evokes a spaceship or a naval vessel, an airport terminal or a bridge, maybe even a freeway overpass (very LA).

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
According to Forbes, the new pup is named Wendy, perhaps after Swift’s love of singing about Peter Pan … or maybe Travis really likes a Frosty.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of maybe

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Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is being replaced after it was allegedly vandalized.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Former senior vice president of people and culture Erin Dangerfield, now Golden State’s chief people officer, allegedly questioned Vasquez about her responses in the survey.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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