Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Most likely; presumably.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With probability; in a probable manner; in all likelihood; with the appearance of truth or reality; likely: as, the story is probably true; the account is probably correct.
- Plausibly; with verisimilitude.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a probable manner; in likelihood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
In all likelihood .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
- adverb with considerable certainty; without much doubt
Etymologies
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Examples
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We have 300 million people here..probably 250 million who are natural born and probably 130 million over 35 and probably 115 million with the residency requirement.
It's absurd that the governor of the largest state can't run for President. Ann Althouse 2007
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Kansas will probably have to beat MU's shaky press tonight without Selby, who is probably doubtful, according to Self because of a stress reaction in his right foot.
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Kansas will probably have to beat MU's shaky press tonight without Selby, who is probably doubtful, according to Self because of a stress reaction in his right foot.
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I'm thinking of a smaller, more entrepreneurial outfit, probably only 10 years old or even younger, and probably still run in a very hands-on way by its founder.
Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk Jeremy Bullmore 2010
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Back during the Korean War, George and Ralph used to patronize Asian prostitutes whenever they needed to score some "gash" a term probably unfamiliar to today's more politically correct audiences.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com George Heymont 2011
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That probably translates as 'we've seen the blowback of conversions with Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender, and we don't want to risk our golden goose in such a manner'.
Scott Mendelson: Quality Over Commerce: Warner Bros. Declines to Release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I in 3D. Will Release Part 7 on Nov 19th in 2D Only Scott Mendelson 2010
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That probably translates as 'we've seen the blowback of conversions with Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender, and we don't want to risk our golden goose in such a manner'.
Scott Mendelson: Quality Over Commerce: Warner Bros. Declines to Release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I in 3D. Will Release Part 7 on Nov 19th in 2D Only Scott Mendelson 2010
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That probably translates as 'we've seen the blowback of conversions with Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender, and we don't want to risk our golden goose in such a manner'.
Scott Mendelson: Quality Over Commerce: Warner Bros. Declines to Release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I in 3D. Will Release Part 7 on Nov 19th in 2D Only Scott Mendelson 2010
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The name probably doesn't mean much to you it doesn't mean much to me, either, although it is of great interest to my creditors, but I am a Chase customer who, like you, has been victimized by the bad housing market.
Jerry Zezima: "Open Letter" Jerry Zezima 2011
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The name probably doesn't mean much to you it doesn't mean much to me, either, although it is of great interest to my creditors, but I am a Chase customer who, like you, has been victimized by the bad housing market.
Jerry Zezima: "Open Letter" Jerry Zezima 2011
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