presumably

/pɹɪˈzuːməbli/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

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adv

"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."
"Yet this is the level of [neural] organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness."

From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.

more presumably (comparative) most presumably (superlative) præsumably (alternative, archaic)

presumedly presumingly

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How do you pronounce presumably?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/.

What does presumably mean?

Able to be sensibly presumed.

Where does presumably come from?

From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.

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