presumablyadverb
uk/prɪˈzjuː.mə.bli/us/prɪˈzuː.mə.bli/B2 used to say what you think is the likely situation:
They can presumably afford to buy a bigger apartment.
Presumably he just forgot to send the letter.
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- Presumably they've decided to move back to Australia.
- Presumably they can't afford a new car, or they'd have bought one by now.
- You're going to go with her, presumably?
- Her mother will presumably stay with them until she's made a full recovery.
- You've bought all the materials you need, presumably?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
- approximate
- as much idiom
- call
- conjecture
- consider
- deem
- divine
- fall
- hypothesize
- jump
- jump to conclusions idiom
- mark
- mark sb down as sth
- misjudge
- pluck
- presume
- smell
- speculate
- think
- think of sth/sb
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