probably

English

Etymology

probable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

probably (comparative more probably, superlative most probably)

1. In all likelihood.

Synonyms

• (in all likelihood): likely, perhaps, maybe, possibly, presumably, most likely, doubtless, in all probability, perchance, as likely as not, as like as not

Translations

in all likelihood

Arabic: من المحتمل (min al-muħtámal) Catalan: probablement Chinese: 大概 (dàgài) Croatian: vjerojatno (hr) Czech: pravděpodobně (cs), asi (cs) Danish: antageligvis (da) Dutch: waarschijnlijk (nl) Esperanto: verŝajne (eo), kredeble (eo) Finnish: todennäköisesti (fi), luultavasti (fi) French: probablement (fr), sans doute (fr) German: wahrscheinlich (de) Hebrew: כנראה (he) Hungarian: valószínűleg (hu) Icelandic: líklega, sennilega Interlingua: probabilemente (ia) Italian: probabilmente (it)

Japanese: たぶん (tabun) Korean: 아마 (ama) Kurdish: Sorani: له‌وانه‌یه‌ (ku) (lewaneye) Latin: fortassis (la) Latvian: droši vien (lv) Norwegian: antakeligvis (no), trolig (no) Portuguese: provavelmente (pt) Russian: вероятно (ru) (verojátno) Serbian: verovatno (sr) Spanish: probablemente (es) Swedish: nog (sv), sannolikt (sv), troligen (sv), antagligen (sv), förmodligen (sv), troligtvis (sv) Ukrainian: певно (pévno), імовірно (imovírno) / ймовірно (jmovírno) Volapük: luveratiko (vo)

See also

• prolly (a colloquial shortening of "probably")

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: blockquote · effect · wanted · #554: probably · especially · placed · desire