Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As may be presumed or reasonably supposed; by or according to presumption; by legitimate inference from facts or circumstances.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Able to be
sensibly presumed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by reasonable assumption
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyone with the faintest interest in philology will have spotted that ‘gryphon’, from which his surname presumably derives, is a Greek word for a mythical dragon which featured prominently in Persian folkore.
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Anyone with the faintest interest in philology will have spotted that ‘gryphon’, from which his surname presumably derives, is a Greek word for a mythical dragon which featured prominently in Persian folkore.
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Soon the nation's first baseball team owner ever to be selected as president was outside the White House intoning that the "sport had been sullied" in what he called the presumably now gone "steroid era."
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The preacher is the curious kind of what I call the presumably unintended selfish Christian.
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The preacher is the curious kind of what I call the presumably unintended selfish Christian.
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AVENTAIL, or AVANTAILLE (O.Fr. _esventail_, presumably from a Latin word
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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They need not themselves figure out what presumably is spiritual; all which is compulsory is to reside by their intuition.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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They need not themselves figure out what presumably is spiritual; all which is compulsory is to reside by their intuition.
THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009
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As, presumably, is whether or not you let Boy George move on from the events of 28 April 2007, when he imprisoned and assaulted a male escort in his London flat.
The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010
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Palin presumably was, having pocketed her fee for a 30-minute speech.
Think Progress » DeMint Appeases Beck On McCain, Threatens To Be His ‘Biggest Opponent’ 2010
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