presumably
advNZ, UK /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/ · US /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/
Etymology From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.
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Able to be sensibly presumed.
- Presumably, he will attend the opening.
- Capello made a change on the hour which was presumably enforced by injury as the excellent Young was replaced by Stewart Downing.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
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- Yet this is the level of [neural] organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- Related terms
- presumedly, presumingly