What does probably mean?
Definitions for probably
ˈprɒb ə bliprob·a·b·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word probably.
Princeton's WordNet
probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belikeadverb
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
"He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
credibly, believably, plausibly, probablyadverb
easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
"he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"
Wiktionary
probablyadverb
In all likelihood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Probablyadverb
Likely; in likelihood.
Etymology: from probable.
Distinguish betwixt what may possibly, and what will probably be done. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
Our constitution in church or state could not probably have been long preserved, without such methods. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
probably
Probably is used to express a likelihood or the degree of uncertainty in a statement, indicating that something is likely to happen or be true, but not certain. It suggests a higher chance of occurrence compared to "possibly" or "maybe" but falls short of being definitive or conclusive.
Webster Dictionary
Probablyadverb
in a probable manner; in likelihood
Wikidata
Probably
"Probably" is the 10th episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 58th episode of the series overall. "Probably" originally aired in the United States on July 26, 2000, on Comedy Central. It is the second part of a two-part episode, which concludes the story-line from "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?".
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #402
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Written Corpus Frequency: #201
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Adverbs Frequency: #49
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of probably in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of probably in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of probably in a Sentence
I think they were like' Okay, you probably should have taken the McDonald's franchise money if you wanted a business. But, okay, this might be a second good choice,'.
Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic:
Police officers were preventing the passage of a group which most probably wanted to reach Slovenia.
The work he did with Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) probably defined our show as much as the car chases.
Unreal. It's amazing. What a journey, if you tell us three months ago that this is going to happen, I probably will not believe you.
I think most people probably doubted their ability to recover after what was a really challenging three to four years, but they've done it.
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- ربما, من المحتملArabic
- напэўна, верагоднаBelarusian
- вероятноBulgarian
- probablementCatalan, Valencian
- spíš, asi, spíše, pravděpodobněCzech
- antageligvisDanish
- wahrscheinlichGerman
- πιθανώς, μάλλονGreek
- kredeble, verŝajneEsperanto
- probablementeSpanish
- luultavasti, todennäköisestiFinnish
- sûrement, probablement, sans douteFrench
- כנראהHebrew
- valószínűlegHungarian
- probabilementeInterlingua
- mungkinIndonesian
- líklega, sennilegaIcelandic
- probabilmenteItalian
- 多分, 恐らくJapanese
- ალბათGeorgian
- 아마Korean
- لهوانهیهKurdish
- fortassisLatin
- droši vienLatvian
- веројатноMacedonian
- waarschijnlijkDutch
- antakeligvis, antagelig, troligNorwegian
- prawdopodobniePolish
- provavelmentePortuguese
- probabilRomanian
- вероятно, наверноRussian
- verovatno, vjerojatno, vjerovatno, вероватно, вјеројатно, веројатно, вјероватно, verojatnoSerbo-Croatian
- pravdepodobneSlovak
- verjetnoSlovene
- sannolikt, antagligen, troligtvis, nog, förmodligen, troligenSwedish
- బహుTelugu
- ท่าจะThai
- muhtemelen, her haldeTurkish
- певно, ймовірно, імовірноUkrainian
- شایدUrdu
- có thể, có lẽVietnamese
- luveratikoVolapük
- probåbe, dandjreus, azårWalloon
- 大概Chinese
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