Presumably

Examples

• She told me that these people had presumably flourished over a hundred thousand years before. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Why had she been writing to Trenor--writing, presumably, just after their parting of the previous evening? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• One way presumably is that divorced women often become prostitutes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Two of the strongest of our gunboats had been disabled, presumably beyond the possibility of rendering any present assistance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• India figured--presumably as a fully self-governing state! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Bragg's headquarters were in full view, and officers--presumably staff officers--could be seen coming and going constantly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Brunton then unlocked the box, handed up the contents presumably--since they were not to be found--and then--and then what happened? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Up to this time, about eleven thousand patents have been granted in the United States, all presumably on separate improvements in mowers and reapers alone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The man who wrote it was presumably well to do, I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But the horse, presumably, does not get any new interest. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• She understood only that before her lay a letter written by Bertha Dorset, and addressed, presumably, to Lawrence Selden. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• There is no record of the reception of this missive, and presumably it went unanswered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Typist: Merritt