Definition of Presumably

1. Adverb. By reasonable assumption. "Presumably, he missed the train"

Exact synonyms: Presumptively
Partainyms: Presumable

Definition of Presumably

1. adv. In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.

Definition of Presumably

1. Adverb. Able to be sensibly presumed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Presumably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presumably

prestriction
prestrike
prestructure
prestructured
prestructures
prestructuring
prestrung
prests
prestudy
presuburban
presuicide
presulfided
presulfiding
presulfidings
presumable
presumably (current term)
presume
presumed
presumed(a)
presumedly
presumer
presumers
presumes
presuming
presumingly
presummer
presummit
presummits
presumption
presumptions

Literary usage of Presumably

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"KALIDASA (presumably, Sixth Century AD) BY AV WILLIAMS JACKSON is the poet in Sanskrit literature whose name may best be compared with Shakespeare. ..."

2. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"The social factor has also presumably made itself felt in the distinctions between persons of different sex and of different age. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Thomas accepts it is presumably due to the fact that he found it in possession, and recognized as ..."

4. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1883)
"... and, after a career impossible outside of a romance, marries an English nobleman, thereby presumably reaching the acme of social success. ..."

5. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"... to form memorandum under Statute of Frauds, 582. may serve as memorandum under Statute of Frauds, 568. properly addressed presumably arrive, ..."

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