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plausibly

adv

Etymology

From plausible + -ly.

  1. borrowed from plausibilis
  2. suffixed as plausibly — “plausible + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a plausible manner.

    • She lied plausibly, but the police suspected her anyway.

  2. Probably

    Probably; not falsifiably, based on available facts and general knowledge.

    • Plausibly, she said she'd been working at the time.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA