presumably

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Pronunciation

• (British, New Zealand) IPA: /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/
• (America) IPA: /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/
• (Aus) IPA: /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/, /pɹɪˈʒuːməbli/

Adverb

presumably

1. able to be sensibly presumed

   Synonyms: presumptively, presumedly

   Presumably, he will attend the opening.

   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England

     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.

Translations

• French: supposément
• German: vermutlich, voraussichtlich
• Portuguese: presumivelmente
• Russian: предположи́тельно
• Spanish: presumiblemente, probablemente, presuntamente

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