presumably

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adverb

Able to be sensibly presumed.

“Presumably, he will attend the opening.”

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Meanings

adverbpresumably (comparative more presumably, superlative most presumably)

comparative more presumably · superlative most presumably · alternative archaic præsumably

  1. Able to be sensibly presumed.

    Presumably, he will attend the opening.

    2 more examples

    Capello made a change on the hour which was presumably enforced by injury as the excellent Young was replaced by Stewart Downing.

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

    Yet this is the level of [neural] organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.

    2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847

    Synonyms: presumptively, presumedly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbAble to be sensibly presumed.

Similar
presumptivelypresumedly

More synonyms by meaning

adverbby reasonable assumption

Similar
presumptively
Also see
ostensiblypresumptively

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic مِنَ الْمُفْتَرَض
  • مِنَ الْمُفْتَرَض (mina l-muftaraḍ)able to be sensibly presumed
Bulgarian възможно, навярно
  • възможно (văzmožno)able to be sensibly presumed
  • навярно (navjarno)able to be sensibly presumed
Catalan presumiblement
  • presumiblementable to be sensibly presumed
Chinese Mandarin 大概, 想必
  • 大概 (dàgài)able to be sensibly presumed
  • 想必 (xiǎngbì)able to be sensibly presumed
  • 推測上 /推测上 (tuīcè shàng)able to be sensibly presumed
  • 假定上 (jiǎdìng shàng)able to be sensibly presumed
Danish antageligvis
  • antageligvisable to be sensibly presumed
Dutch vermoedelijk, waarschijnlijk
  • vermoedelijkable to be sensibly presumed
  • waarschijnlijkable to be sensibly presumed
Esperanto supozeble
  • supozebleable to be sensibly presumed
Finnish oletettavasti
  • oletettavastiable to be sensibly presumed
French présumablement
  • présumablementable to be sensibly presumed
German vermutlich, voraussichtlich
  • vermutlichable to be sensibly presumed
  • voraussichtlichable to be sensibly presumed
Hungarian feltételezhetően, alighanem
  • feltételezhetőenable to be sensibly presumed
  • alighanemable to be sensibly presumed
  • valószínűlegable to be sensibly presumed
  • vélhetőlegable to be sensibly presumed
  • feltehetőlegable to be sensibly presumed
Irish de réir cosúlachta, de réir dealraimh
  • de réir cosúlachtaable to be sensibly presumed
  • de réir dealraimhable to be sensibly presumed
Japanese おそらく, 思うに
  • おそらく (osoraku)able to be sensibly presumed
  • 思うに (omou ni)able to be sensibly presumed
  • 推定上 (suteijō)able to be sensibly presumed
Polish przypuszczalnie
  • przypuszczalnieable to be sensibly presumed
Portuguese presumivelmente
  • presumivelmenteable to be sensibly presumed
Russian предположи́тельно
  • предположи́тельно (predpoložítelʹno)able to be sensibly presumed
Spanish presumiblemente, presuntamente
  • presumiblementeable to be sensibly presumed
  • presuntamenteable to be sensibly presumed
Cite this entry
APA

presumably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presumably

MLA

“presumably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presumably. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presumably,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presumably.

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