Meaning & use
presumably
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Used to convey that something is assumed to be true, though not yet confirmed.
See it in a sentence
Presumably, the flight was delayed because of the storm.
She didn't answer the phone, presumably because she was still asleep.
A note on using this word
Functions as a sentence adverb, signaling the speaker's reasonable assumption rather than a proven fact.
Words with a similar meaning
probablysupposedly
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Words with an opposite meaning
certainlydefinitely
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