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Definitions for probably
ˈprɒb ə bliprob·a·b·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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
probablyadverb
In all likelihood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Probablyadverb
in a probable manner; in likelihood
Wikidata
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #402
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Written Corpus Frequency: #201
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'probably' in Adverbs Frequency: #49
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of probably in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of probably in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of probably in a Sentence
I would say that going into late October, early November, prices should be moderating, i think it's probable that prices in much of the West Coast should bring things down for a good portion ... it may take a week or two for the trend to start showing downdrafts, but I would say probably by mid to late October, prices should be falling for much of the West Coast and potentially the Great Lakes as well.
I don’t look early (in the season), i’m looking a lot now. They’re out there. They’re right in front of us, and I think probably everybody is.
It was probably our best defensive performance of the year.
This is the busiest I have seen the lay-up industry for a long time, probably since at least 1993, 1993 was bad, but the container and bulk markets were not also down.
I was diagnosed I think when I was around five with ADD, as a majority of kids probably are, and then I started taking it in high school, ninth grade, for about a few months, and then I stopped taking it. Just because I didn’t like the side effects.
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Translations for probably
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- ربما, من المحتملArabic
- напэўна, верагоднаBelarusian
- вероятноBulgarian
- probablementCatalan, Valencian
- spíš, asi, spíše, pravděpodobněCzech
- antageligvisDanish
- wahrscheinlichGerman
- πιθανώς, μάλλονGreek
- kredeble, verŝajneEsperanto
- probablementeSpanish
- luultavasti, todennäköisestiFinnish
- sûrement, probablement, sans douteFrench
- כנראהHebrew
- valószínűlegHungarian
- probabilementeInterlingua
- mungkinIndonesian
- líklega, sennilegaIcelandic
- probabilmenteItalian
- 多分, 恐らくJapanese
- ალბათGeorgian
- 아마Korean
- لهوانهیهKurdish
- fortassisLatin
- droši vienLatvian
- веројатноMacedonian
- waarschijnlijkDutch
- antakeligvis, antagelig, troligNorwegian
- prawdopodobniePolish
- provavelmentePortuguese
- probabilRomanian
- вероятно, наверноRussian
- verovatno, vjerojatno, vjerovatno, вероватно, вјеројатно, веројатно, вјероватно, verojatnoSerbo-Croatian
- pravdepodobneSlovak
- verjetnoSlovene
- sannolikt, antagligen, troligtvis, nog, förmodligen, troligenSwedish
- బహుTelugu
- ท่าจะThai
- muhtemelen, her haldeTurkish
- певно, ймовірно, імовірноUkrainian
- شایدUrdu
- có thể, có lẽVietnamese
- luveratikoVolapük
- probåbe, dandjreus, azårWalloon
- 大概Chinese
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