English

Alternative forms

• præsumably (archaic)

Adverb

presumably ‎(comparative more presumably, superlative most presumably)

1. Able to be sensibly presumed.

   Presumably, he will attend the opening.‎

   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England

     Capello made a change on the hour which was presumably enforced by injury as the excellent Young was replaced by Stewart Downing.

   • 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     Yet this is the level of [neural] organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.

Synonyms

• (able to be presumed): presumptively

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