Credibly Meaning
/ˈkɹɛdɪbli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn a credible manner; believably.
advUsed to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement
Sentence Examples
Can the president credibly commit to that?
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Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English credible Middle English -ly English -ly English credibly From credible + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]"
— 1993 July 26, Charles R. Morris, “It's Not the Economy, Stupid”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2025:
"He [Mayor Koch] says he better understands the limits of government; less credibly, he says he has mellowed."
— 1989, The New York Times Magazine, page 38:
"His deep-set eyes and expression of general despair lend him a look of utter dissolution—very credibly, he is dying from sexual desire."
— 1997, Vanity Fair, volume 60, page 95:
"Perhaps less credibly she assumes that, as a necessary consequence of this move from the public space of the theatre to the private space of the closet, 'the emphasis shifted to subjective interpretation'"
— 2003, Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Survey, number 51, page 132:
"In his eyes, if he allowed things to continue as before, he would be little better than a male prostitute. All too credibly, he could imagine himself aging into the superannuated gigolo of Juvenal's satire."
— 2009, Anthony Everitt, Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, page 289:
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The expert testified ____ about the chemical reaction in the lab.