presumably

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presumably

  • /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/ New Zealand, UK
  • /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/ US
  • /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/ Australia
  • /pɹɪˈʒuːməbli/ Australia

Where it comes from

From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.

adverb more presumably · most presumably · præsumably

  1. Able to be sensibly presumed. Presumably, he will attend the opening.

    Similar: presumptively, presumedly

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: presumptively, supposedly, conceivably, purportedly, potentially, reportedly, arguably, possibly, likely, probably, plausibly, maybe, allegedly, seemingly, ostensibly, evidently

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adv able to be sensibly presumed

Españolpresumiblemente, presuntamente
日本語おそらく osoraku, 思うに omou ni, 推定上 suteijō
中文大概 dàgài, 想必 xiǎngbì, 推測上 /推测上 tuīcè shàng, 假定上 jiǎdìng shàng
Portuguêspresumivelmente
Françaisprésumablement
Deutschvermutlich, voraussichtlich
Русскийпредположи́тельно predpoložítelʹno
العربيةمِنَ الْمُفْتَرَض mina l-muftaraḍ

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@misc{presumably_2026,
  title = {presumably},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/presumably},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}