credibly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In a credible manner

   In a credible manner; believably.

   • A suitor can credibly signal his love for a woman by offering her an expensive and extravagant gift.
   • He was in a position to commit to a credibly conservative monetary policy.
2. 2

   Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement

   • He [Mayor Koch] says he better understands the limits of government; less credibly, he says he has mellowed.
   • His deep-set eyes and expression of general despair lend him a look of utter dissolution—very credibly, he is dying from sexual desire.
   • Perhaps less credibly she assumes that, as a necessary consequence of this move from the public space of the theatre to the private space of the closet, 'the emphasis shifted to subjective interpretation'

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• antonymincredibly