单词 | predictably |
释义 | predictablyadv. In a predictable manner; as might have been predicted. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] welleOE lightly1395 likely1395 likinglyc1395 by (also of) likeliheadc1405 by (also of) likelinessc1405 by all (also most) likelihood1427 provably1460 of (all) likelihood1491 belike?1531 like1548 belikelya1551 in (all) likelihood1570 probably1600 by (also in) probabilitya1602 in (also by) all probability1617 presumably1658 prob.1730 nigh hand1848 predictably1914 prolly1922 odds-on1976 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [adverb] > predictably predictably1914 foreseeably1930 1914 J. H. Skrine Pastor Futurus 88 The Pentecosts come back, as surely though not so predictably as the dawns. 1937 Social Forces 15 472 Female delinquents treated as ‘bad’ girls and ‘bad’ women remain measurably and predictably ‘bad’..but treated as human beings behave as such. 1961 Time 13 Jan. 9/2 The British and French..agreed to the setting up of a Communist state, North Viet Nam—which then, predictably, became a base for Communist operations. 1990 R. Clay Only Angels Forget xv. 146 ‘You're too young to understand, Becky,’ she said, predictably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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