# presumably

Pronunciation: US say "pri-ZOO-muh-blee" /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/; UK/AUS say "pri-ZYOO-muh-blee" /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/

## Adverb

1. Used to indicate that something can reasonably be presumed to be the case, though it is not known for certain.
   - Simple: Used to say that something is probably true, going by what you already know.
   - _The committee will presumably announce its decision after the holidays._
   - _He skipped the meeting, presumably to catch an earlier flight home._

## Origin

Formed from 'presume' with the suffix '-ably', or equivalently from 'presumable' plus '-ly'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/presumably (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).