What does presumably mean?
Presumably means Able to be sensibly presumed..
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/pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/ · adverb
Able to be sensibly presumed..
Presumably, he will attend the opening.
Capello made a change on the hour which was presumably enforced by injury as the excellent Young was replaced by Stewart Downing.
Yet this is the level of [neural] organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
Use presumably when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Presumably means Able to be sensibly presumed..
Common synonyms include presumptively, presumedly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Presumably, he will attend the opening.
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