probablyadverb
uk/ˈprɒb.ə.bli/us/ˈprɑː.bə.bli/A2 used to mean that something is very likely:
I'll probably be home by midnight.
I'm probably going - it depends on the weather.
He probably didn't even notice.
Probably the best thing to do is to call them before you go.
More examples
- As you will all probably already know, election day is next week.
- The infection was probably caused by swimming in contaminated water.
- If you don't take professional pride in your work, you're probably in the wrong job.
- She realized that this was probably the last time she would see him.
- Andrew spends all his spare time playing with his computer but he'll probably grow out of it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Possible and probable
- (the) chances are idiom
- always
- anything's possible idiom
- arguably
- as never before idiom
- avenue
- course
- lean
- lean towards sth
- liable
- likelihood
- likely
- sporting chance
- stand
- strange
- stranger things have happened idiom
- strong
- ten
- ten to one idiom
- vista
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