probabilistically
/pɹˌɑbəbɪlˈɪstəkli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a probabilistic manner; using a method based on probability.
Example Sentences
- "The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome and effectively suppressing all others."
Etymology
Etymology tree English probabilistic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English probabilistically From probabilistic + -ally.
Inflected Forms
more probabilistically (comparative)
most probabilistically (superlative)