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# presumably

adverb (presumably)

«presumably» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

As you would guess or expect; probably. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday talk, it shows something is likely but not certain. In science, it marks a guess.

### Examples

- Presumably the bus will be late in this snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x1)
- The Rabbit was presumably late again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x2)
- Presumably you've done your homework? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x3)
- The door was open, presumably left by the cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x4)
- The tracks were presumably made by a fox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x5)
- Presumably they will come after lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x6)
- "Mr Samber" was presumably one Robert Samber of New Inn, who translated other tales from the French, for Edmond Curl the bookseller, about this time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/#x7)

### Note

From «presume». Not certain: «probably».

## In Jewish tradition

In stories and everyday talk, it shows something is likely but not certain. In science, it marks a guess.

### Examples

- Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\] Like what did He make them? (A city) \[strife\]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/presumably/#x1)

### Note

From «presume». Not certain: «probably».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «presumably» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presumably/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«presumably» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presumably.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «presumably» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/presumably/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«presumably» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/presumably.html) on Mova free.