Probably Meaning
/ˈpɹɒb.ə.bli/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn all likelihood.
Sentence Examples
That was probably what influenced their decision.
You can probably guess what happens though.
He observed that we should probably have rain coming.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because of the heavy snowfall, the school will ____ be closed for the day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She will ____ arrive late given the heavy traffic reported on the main road into the city.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English probably, probabily, equivalent to probable + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“[…] 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. […]”"
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background."
— 2013 May–June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because of the heavy snowfall, the school will ____ be closed for the day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She will ____ arrive late given the heavy traffic reported on the main road into the city.