Probably
['prɒbəblɪ] or ['prɑbəbli]
Definition
(adv.) with considerable certainty; without much doubt; 'He is probably out of the country'; 'in all likelihood we are headed for war'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a probable manner; in likelihood.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Apparently, to all appearance, in all probability.
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Examples
- You have studied music, probably? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- James, of New York, the latter being probably its real inventor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The enemy's loss was probably greater. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is much shorter, and probably not quite so exact as that of the French taxes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The let-alone policy had demoralized this force so that probably but little more than one-half of it was ever present in garrison at any one time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The opium was probably brought from London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The cotton-gin probably had much to do with the justification of slavery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As he has said it, returned madame, lifting her eyebrows a little, it is probably false. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She is happy then, said her father drily; and her residence there will probably be of some duration. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Probably he prepared the ground for his sowing with a pole, or a pole upon which he had stuck a stag's horn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Probably he had to look after her camels or help in her trading operations; and he is said to have travelled with caravans to the Yemen and to Syria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That will be the best way of commencing the enquiry, and will probably lead to the fairest conclusion. Plato. The Republic.
- It probably did much to disorganize social life and prepare the way for the troubles that followed the accession of Commodus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Buddhism, however, he did not name, probably because he had never heard of Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He rather liked him for it; and he was conscious of his own irritability of temper at the time, which probably made them both quits. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- William, said I, that gentleman will be here at ten to-morrow, and he will probably again ask for Kennedy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He entered the town (538 B.C.), probably as we have already suggested, with the connivance of the priests of Bel. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first civilizations in Egypt and the Euphrates-Tigris valley probably developed directly out of this widespread culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I probably should send two copies, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the Aryans, as we shall see later, were probably not the first peoples to take to the sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The classical move from left to right, probably; like old Lerroux. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Probably had been upon some little game. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Probably the most interesting of them all is the great Robber-crab, which is found on certain islands of the Pacific. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He is negotiating with the Jew, I suppose, replied De Bracy, coolly; probably the howls of Isaac have drowned the blast of the bugle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We have all heard of certain animals sleeping through the long winter months and most of us have probably wondered what happens to them when they do this. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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