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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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. plausiblyadverb

    In a plausible manner.

    She lied plausibly, but the police suspected her anyway.

  2. plausiblyadverb

    Not falsifiably, based on available facts and general knowledge.

    Plausibly, she said she'd been working at the time.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Plausiblyadverb

    Etymology: from plausible.

    They could talk plausibly about that they did not understand, but their learning lay chiefly in flourish. Collier.

    Thou can’st plausibly dispute,
    Supreme of seers, of angel, man and brute. Matthew Prior.

    I hope they will plausibly receive our attempts, or candidly correct our misconjectures. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

ChatGPT

  1. plausibly

    Plausibly is an adverb meaning in a way that seems reasonable or probable, able to be believed or accepted. It refers to something that could very possibly be true or could realistically occur.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Plausiblyadverb

    in a plausible manner

  2. Plausiblyadverb

    contentedly, readily

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plausibly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plausibly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plausibly in a Sentence

  1. Lee Gelernt:

    But Guatemala can neither offer a safe nor fair and full process and nobody could plausibly argue otherwise.

  2. Adam Riess:

    The Hubble tension between the early and late universe may be the most exciting development in cosmology in decades, this mismatch has been growing and has now reached a point that is really impossible to dismiss as a fluke. This disparity could not plausibly occur just by chance.

  3. Jackie Villadsen:

    This could really plausibly be it, but I think it’s going to be a lot of follow-up work before a really strong confirmation of radio waves caused by a planet comes out.

  4. Lee Gelernt:

    Congress made clear that the agreement has to provide a safe, fair and full asylum process, but Guatemala can neither offer a safe nor fair and full process and nobody could plausibly argue otherwise.

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