[ US /ˈpɹɑbəˌbɫi, ˈpɹɑbɫi/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒbəbli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt
    in all likelihood we are headed for war
    He is probably out of the country
  2. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
    he will probably win the election
    he talked plausibly before the committee
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How To Use probably In A Sentence

  • I badly wanted the job, but knew that my age would probably tell against me.
  • He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
  • On the other hand, a blazer and slacks would probably be acceptable. Times, Sunday Times
  • As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
  • The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
  • Kids at one Connecticut school don't like a new rule, but you probably won't hear them expressing themselves by using profanity: the rule to keep kids from cussing.
  • It's that last part Buckley is singing about, but he probably should have considered penning a few lines to himself regarding the "musician gone too soon" part.
  • There is probably room for a touch more earthiness, a little more hardness in her approach to a Don José who is always going to be putty in her hands.
  • There’s a town on the central coast of British Columbia called Bella Coola, B.C. that could probably use a little attention right now. Blogging Batholiths Part 2 - The Panda's Thumb
  • But as I was mulling this a little later, I was suddenly struck by one of those things that was probably already obvious to everyone else: There are a handful of strange inflection points where rock nerd culture and mass culture are in eerie synchrony for a few moments before skittering off in their respective ways for a bit — and one of them was my early teens. The (Rock) Stars Are Aligned
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