presumably

• præsumably (archaic)

From presume +‎ -ably, presumable +‎ -ly.

• (UK, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/, /pɹɪˈʒuːməbli/

presumably (comparative more presumably, superlative most presumably)

1. Able to be sensibly presumed.

   Synonyms: presumptively, presumedly

   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.

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