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Definitions for probably
ˈprɒb ə bliprob·a·b·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. 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

  1. probablyadverb

    In all likelihood.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Probablyadverb

    in a probable manner; in likelihood

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #402

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Written Corpus Frequency: #201

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Adverbs Frequency: #49

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of probably in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of probably in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of probably in a Sentence

  1. Randi Zuckerberg:

    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,'.

  2. Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic:

    Police officers were preventing the passage of a group which most probably wanted to reach Slovenia.

  3. Tom Wopat:

    The work he did with Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) probably defined our show as much as the car chases.

  4. Juan Sebastian Cabal:

    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.

  5. Janine Stichter:

    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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