presumably
adverbattested in dialogue
- United States//pɹɪˈzuːməbli//
- Australia//pɹɪˈzjuːməbli//
- Australia//pɹɪˈʒuːməbli//
- New Zealand//pɹɪˈzjuːməbli//
Able to be sensibly presumed.
adverb
- 1
Able to be sensibly presumed.
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.
Etymology
From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more presumably
- superlative
- most presumably