How do you use Probably in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like likely or credibly, plus the exact meaning.
Probably in a sentence
Probably meaning
In all likelihood.
Synonyms of Probably
Using Probably
- The main meaning on this page is: In all likelihood.
- Useful related words include: likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike.
- In the example corpus, probably often appears in combinations such as: probably the, is probably, are probably.
Context around Probably
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Probably
- In this selection, "probably" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slight, tier, robots, winning, wants and wouldn stand out and add context to how "probably" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include can and probably will change, abilities will probably be limited, probably wouldn and probably shouldn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "probably" sits close to words such as nation, conference and meet, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with probably
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Laws can (and probably will) change, investment returns can (and probably will) change. (13 words)
And I think if you are winning Michigan, you are probably winning Pennsylvania, you are probably winning Wisconsin. (18 words)
They probably have that little bit of reliance that’s probably something that we have to add to our game. (20 words)
And we’ve never said how old Sheldon is as the narrator in Young Sheldon, but we figure he has a couple of kids who are probably the age he is in Young Sheldon, who are probably ten or eleven, which means he’s probably in his fifties. (48 words)
In the case at hand, the damages appear to be so slight (probably under $200,000) that the insurance company will probably honor the claim as it would be way cheaper just to pay than to fight it in court and probably still lose. (44 words)
She may have special abilities that she can perform, but she is probably not a Force-user, so these abilities will probably be limited to more practical skills like setting traps and the ability to command her creature companion Nix. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
And we’ve never said how old Sheldon is as the narrator in Young Sheldon, but we figure he has a couple of kids who are probably the age he is in Young Sheldon, who are probably ten or eleven, which means he’s probably in his fifties.
In the case at hand, the damages appear to be so slight (probably under $200,000) that the insurance company will probably honor the claim as it would be way cheaper just to pay than to fight it in court and probably still lose.
A few nervous thoughts first crossed my mind: “this is probably going to be too good to be true”, “we probably don’t have much in common to be compatible”, and “the connection may be short-lived”.
But these are the three tracks that I probably most enjoy going to — add Homestead in there as well, probably because it's so close to home.
I think if you go back, oh gosh, like probably even five years ago, certainly 10 years ago, our engines per megawatt generated in the province were probably more than double what they are today.
It’s probably one of those where it probably won’t be totally right until he has an operation on it.
I will acknowledge on a car -- per car basis, content per vehicle, mid-tier probably has less content than a high end, but we could probably make it up in volume.
Laws can (and probably will) change, investment returns can (and probably will) change.
Our backlog is probably, it's probably slightly down from last year, but we have two MSAs that we're currently in negotiation to final, and expect to finalize before the end of the year.
She may have special abilities that she can perform, but she is probably not a Force-user, so these abilities will probably be limited to more practical skills like setting traps and the ability to command her creature companion Nix.
They probably have that little bit of reliance that’s probably something that we have to add to our game.
This time, to an viewers anticipating feedback an replace on cheaper fashions that would probably be used as robo-taxis, he stated that he foresees humanoid robots probably outnumbering people sooner or later.
We're going into a new seaosn with probably the most continuity that we had because we're probably only going to sign three players.
And I should probably delete the Uber Eats app and put that money into a gym membership, but burgers are nice and I should probably do a lot of things.
And I think if you are winning Michigan, you are probably winning Pennsylvania, you are probably winning Wisconsin.
And I would probably think a little differently, like, if someone doesn’t want to be here, like, and I’m paying them just to sit at home, I would probably release people.
But the BOJ probably wants to avoid an abrupt spike in long-term interest rates, so will probably monitor the impact of (an end to) negative rates for some time," Maeda said.
Fields probably wouldn’t be Getsy’s ideal quarterback, and Getsy’s offense probably wouldn’t be Fields’ ideal system.
Going into it, bisexual men probably have an idea of what's coming on Grindr: nudity, pushy messages asking for nudity, and though it says it's an app for allqueer people, probably not many women.
I actually think that Donald Trump probably wants to run America in the way that Putin runs Russia, if the truth were known, and that probably underlies a lot of this.
Phrases with probably
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with probably
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- probably the 23×
- is probably 23×
- are probably 17×
- will probably 17×
- would probably 17×
- was probably 16×
- probably not 14×
- you probably 14×
- and probably 13×
- probably be 13×