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US
/ˈpɹɑbəˌbɫi, ˈpɹɑbɫi/
]
[ UK /pɹˈɒbəbli/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒbəbli/ ]
ADVERB
-
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
in all likelihood we are headed for war
He is probably out of the country -
easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
he will probably win the election
he talked plausibly before the committee
How To Use probably In A Sentence
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
- I badly wanted the job, but knew that my age would probably tell against me.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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