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probably meaning

EN[ˈpɹɒbəbli] [ˈpɹɒbli] [ˈpɹɑbəbli] [ˈpɹɑbli]
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WProbably
  • Probably may refer to:
  • Probability, the chance that something is likely to happen or be the case
  • "Probably" (South Park), an episode of the TV series South Park
  • "Probably" (song), a song by Fool's Garden

    Definition of probably in English Dictionary

  • AdverbCOMmore probablySUPmost probablyPREpro-SUF-ly
    1. In all likelihood.
      1. “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes [ …] . And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • The condition may be associated with neurosensorial deafness 1 and is probably caused by changes in the internal hair sheath.
      • "That math test was so hard, nobody could have passed it! I mean, Albert Einstein couldn't have done it! Our professor probably had no idea how to solve those equations! I mean-"
      • Chris Dodd claims he's a union man, but he's probably just pandering to the AFL-CIO.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Probably intimidated into a mandatory round of the Gaystapo's "Homosexuals are People, Too!" re-education programs.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adverbs
      • Sentence adverbs
        • Modal adverbs
      • Morphemes
        • Suffixes
          • Words by suffix
            • Words suffixed with -ly

      Other Vocabulary

      Look-Alike Words
      1. en probable
      2. fr probable
      3. en provably
      4. en probabley
      5. en prebaby
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of probably for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "probably" is an adverb, more specifically, a sentence adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
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