probably — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In all likelihood.

   Synonyms

   likelyin all probabilitymore than likelybelikemostly

   Examples

   She probably has arrived by now.

   She has probably arrived by now.

   More examples (10)

   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.

   [S]uch courſes wil more probably advance his trade, they wil certainly procure him a bleſſing, […]

   [The Bunters] send me Christmas cards; generally the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see the Bunters, you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases.

   Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.

Adverb

1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt

   Synonyms

   likelyin all likelihoodin all probabilitybelike

   Examples

   He is probably out of the country

   in all likelihood we are headed for war

2. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

   Synonyms

   crediblybelievablyplausibly

   Examples

   he talked plausibly before the committee

   he will probably win the election