Standard Lemma guide

presumably

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • New-Zealand, UK: /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/
  • US: /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/
  • Australian: /pɹɪˈʒuːməbli/
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 Z UW1 M AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R IH0 Z UW1 M AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adv

Meaning 1

Able to be sensibly presumed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Presumably, he will attend the opening.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: presumptively, presumedly

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

by reasonable assumption

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • presumably, he missed the train

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: presumptively

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From presume + -ably, presumable + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْمُفْتَرَض مِنْ (min al-muftaraḍ) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Bulgarian: възможно (vǎzmožno) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Bulgarian: навярно (navjarno) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Catalan: presumiblement — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大概 (dàgài) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 想必 (xiǎngbì) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 推測上 /推测上 (tuīcè shàng) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假定上 (jiǎdìng shàng) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Danish: antageligvis — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Dutch: vermoedelijk — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Dutch: waarschijnlijk — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Esperanto: supozeble — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Finnish: oletettavasti — able to be sensibly presumed
  • French: présumablement — able to be sensibly presumed
  • German: vermutlich — able to be sensibly presumed
  • German: voraussichtlich — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Hungarian: feltételezhetően — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Hungarian: alighanem — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Hungarian: valószínűleg — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Hungarian: vélhetőleg — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Hungarian: feltehetőleg — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Irish: de réir cosúlachta — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Irish: de réir dealraimh — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Japanese: おそらく (osoraku) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Japanese: 思うに (omou ni) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Japanese: 推定上 (suteijō) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Polish: przypuszczalnie — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Portuguese: presumivelmente — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Russian: предположи́тельно (predpoložítelʹno) — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: на́равно — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: разу̀мљиво — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: подразумијева се — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: подразумева се — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: náravno — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: razùmljivo — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: podrazumijeva se — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Serbo-Croatian: podrazumeva se — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Spanish: presumiblemente — able to be sensibly presumed
  • Spanish: presuntamente — able to be sensibly presumed
Real reading context

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