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presumably
(pre|sum¦ably)
Pronunciation:
/prɪˈzjuːməbli/
adverb
[
sentence adverb
]
used to convey that what is asserted is very likely though not known for certain:
it was not yet ten o’clock, so presumably the boys were still at the pub
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