Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a manner that deserves belief; upon good authority; by credible persons or witnesses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a manner inducing belief.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a credible manner; believably.
  • adverb Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

Etymologies

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credible +‎ -ly

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