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probably

adv · 3 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.

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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒb.ə.bli/
  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, colloquial: /ˈpɹɒb.li/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɑ.bə.bli/
  • General-American, colloquial: /ˈpɹɑ.(b)li/
  • General-American, colloquial: /ˈpɹɑə(b)li/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈpɹab.li/ Dublin
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 B AH0 B L IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R AA1 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In all likelihood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She probably has arrived by now.
  • She has probably arrived by now.
  • Probably she has arrived by now.
  • He'll probably arrive tomorrow.
  • He probably will arrive tomorrow.
  • Probably he'll arrive tomorrow.
  • It is probably too late for amends.
  • It probably is too late for amends.
  • Probably it is too late for amends.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: likely, in all probability, more than likely, belike

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He is probably out of the country
  • in all likelihood we are headed for war

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he talked plausibly before the committee
  • he will probably win the election

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: credibly, believably, plausibly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English probably, probabily, equivalent to probable + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِن اَلْمُحْتَمَل (min al-muḥtamal) — in all likelihood
  • Arabic: رُبَّمَا (rubbamā) — in all likelihood
  • Arabic: على الأغلب (ʕala alʼaḡlab) — in all likelihood
  • Arabic: مُحتمل (muḥtamal) — in all likelihood
  • Arabic: وقيل (wa-qīla) — in all likelihood
  • Armenian: հավանաբար (havanabar) — in all likelihood
  • Azerbaijani: yəqin — in all likelihood
  • Basque: seguraski — in all likelihood
  • Belarusian: вераго́дна (vjerahódna) — in all likelihood
  • Belarusian: напэ́ўна (napéwna) — in all likelihood
  • Bulgarian: вероя́тно (verojátno) — in all likelihood
  • Catalan: probablement — in all likelihood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大概 (dàgài) — in all likelihood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 或許 /或许 (huòxú) — in all likelihood
  • Czech: pravděpodobně — in all likelihood
  • Czech: asi — in all likelihood
  • Czech: spíš — in all likelihood
  • Czech: spíše — in all likelihood
  • Danish: sandsynligvis — in all likelihood
  • Dutch: waarschijnlijk — in all likelihood
  • Esperanto: verŝajne — in all likelihood
  • Esperanto: kredeble — in all likelihood
  • Finnish: todennäköisesti — in all likelihood
  • Finnish: luultavasti — in all likelihood
  • French: probablement — in all likelihood
  • French: sans doute — in all likelihood
  • French: sûrement — in all likelihood
  • Georgian: ალბათ (albat) — in all likelihood
  • German: wahrscheinlich — in all likelihood
  • German: glaublich — in all likelihood
  • Greek: πιθανώς (pithanós) — in all likelihood
  • Greek: μάλλον (mállon) — in all likelihood
  • Hebrew: כנראה (kanir'é) — in all likelihood
  • Hungarian: valószínűleg — in all likelihood
  • Hungarian: valszeg — in all likelihood
  • Icelandic: líklega — in all likelihood
  • Icelandic: sennilega — in all likelihood
  • Ido: probable — in all likelihood
  • Indonesian: mungkin — in all likelihood
  • Indonesian: kemungkinan — in all likelihood
  • Interlingua: probabilemente — in all likelihood
  • Irish: is dócha — in all likelihood
  • Italian: probabilmente — in all likelihood
  • Japanese: 多分 (tabun) — in all likelihood
  • Japanese: 十中八九 (jitchūhakku) — in all likelihood
  • Japanese: 恐らく (osoraku) — in all likelihood
  • Khmer: មុខជា (muk cie) — in all likelihood
  • Korean: 아마 (ama) — in all likelihood
  • Central Kurdish: دوور نی ە (dûr nî e) — in all likelihood
  • Northern Kurdish: dûr nîn e — in all likelihood
  • Latin: probabiliter — in all likelihood
  • Latin: fortasse — in all likelihood
  • Latin: fortassis — in all likelihood
  • Latvian: droši vien — in all likelihood
  • Macedonian: веројатно (verojatno) — in all likelihood
  • Malay: barangkali — in all likelihood
  • Māori: puano — in all likelihood
  • Eastern Mari: ала (ala) — in all likelihood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antakeligvis — in all likelihood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trolig — in all likelihood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sannsynlig — in all likelihood
  • Polish: prawdopodobnie — in all likelihood
  • Polish: przypuszczalnie — in all likelihood
  • Polish: chyba — in all likelihood
  • Portuguese: provavelmente — in all likelihood
  • Romanian: probabil — in all likelihood
  • Russian: вероя́тно (verojátno) — in all likelihood
  • Russian: наве́рно (navérno) — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: вероватно — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: вјероватно — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: веројатно — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: вјеројатно — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: verovatno — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: vjerovatno — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: verojatno — in all likelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: vjerojatno — in all likelihood
  • Slovak: pravdepodobne — in all likelihood
  • Slovene: verjetno — in all likelihood
  • Spanish: probablemente — in all likelihood
  • Swedish: nog — in all likelihood
  • Swedish: sannolikt — in all likelihood
  • Swedish: troligen — in all likelihood
  • Swedish: antagligen — in all likelihood
  • Swedish: förmodligen — in all likelihood
  • Swedish: troligtvis — in all likelihood
  • Tagalog: baká — in all likelihood
  • Tamil: -ஆம் (-ām) — in all likelihood
  • Tamil: அநேகமாக (anēkamāka) — in all likelihood
  • Thai: ท่าจะ (tâa jà) — in all likelihood
  • Turkish: muhtemelen — in all likelihood
  • Turkish: her halde — in all likelihood
  • Turkish: büyük ihtimalle — in all likelihood
  • Ukrainian: пе́вно (pévno) — in all likelihood
  • Ukrainian: імові́рно (imovírno) — in all likelihood
  • Ukrainian: ймові́рно (jmovírno) — in all likelihood
  • Uzbek: ehtimol — in all likelihood
  • Vietnamese: có lẽ — in all likelihood
  • Vietnamese: có thể — in all likelihood
  • Volapük: luveratiko — in all likelihood
  • Walloon: dandjreus — in all likelihood
  • Walloon: probåbe — in all likelihood
  • Walloon: azår — in all likelihood
  • Yiddish: מסתּמא (mistome) — in all likelihood
  • Yup'ik: -yugnarqe — in all likelihood
  • Zazaki: teqez — in all likelihood
  • Zazaki: mı het ke — in all likelihood
  • Zazaki: muhtemelen — in all likelihood
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