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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|probablely||obsolete}}
* {{alter|en|probly|prolly||colloquial, slang}}
* {{alter|en|proly||leet}}
* {{alter|en|pby||texting}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|probably}}, {{m|enm|probabily}}, equivalent to {{suf|en|probable|ly}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɒbəbli/|q2=colloquial|/ˈpɹɒbli/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɑbəbli/|q2=colloquial|/ˈpɹɑbli/|q3=colloquial|/ˈpɹɑəbli/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-probably.ogg|a=US}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# [[in all likelihood|In all likelihood]].
#* {{RQ:Travers Cuckoo in the Nest|chapter=1|passage=“{{...}} the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes{{...}}. And then, when you see [the senders], you '''probably''' find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. {{...}}”}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=May–June|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/william-e-conner-1 William E. Conner]
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/an-acoustic-arms-race An Acoustic Arms Race]
|volume=101|issue=3|pages=206–7|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close{{...}}above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects '''probably''' use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.}}

====Synonyms====
{{sense|in all likelihood}}
{{col3|en
|as like as not
|as likely as not
|{{l|en|belike|id=probably}} {{q|archaic}}
|haply
|in all likelihood
|in all probability
|likely
|maybe
|perchance
|perhaps
|possibly
|presumably
}}

====Coordinate terms====
{{col3|en
|certainly
|definitely
|{{l|en|doubtless}} {{q|sometimes synonymous}}<!--spans senses from "certainly/definitely/indisputably" to "most likely/very probably"-->
|{{l|en|doubtlessly}} {{q|sometimes synonymous}}
|indubitably
|undoubtably
|undoubtedly
|unquestionably
|without a doubt
|without doubt
|indisputably
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|in all likelihood}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِن اَلْمُحْتَمَل}}, {{t|ar|رُبَّمَا}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|على الأغلب|tr=ʕala alʼaḡlab}}, {{t|acw|مُحتمل|tr=muḥtamal}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|وقيل|tr=wa-qīla}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հավանաբար}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|yəqin}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|seguraski}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|вераго́дна}}, {{t|be|напэ́ўна}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|вероя́тно}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|probablement}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|大概|tr=dàgài}}, {{t+|cmn|或許|tr=huòxú}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pravděpodobně}}, {{t+|cs|asi}}, {{t+|cs|spíš}}, {{t+|cs|spíše}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sandsynligvis}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|waarschijnlijk}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|verŝajne}}, {{t|eo|kredeble}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|todennäköisesti}}, {{t+|fi|luultavasti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|probablement}}, {{t+|fr|sans doute}}, {{t+|fr|sûrement}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ალბათ}}
* German: {{t+|de|wahrscheinlich}}, {{t|de|glaublich}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πιθανώς}}, {{t+|el|μάλλον}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|כנראה|tr=kanir'é|sc=Hebr}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|valószínűleg}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|líklega}}, {{t|is|sennilega}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|probable}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|mungkin}}, {{t+|id|kemungkinan}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|probabilemente}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|[[is]] [[dócha]] ([[go]])}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|probabilmente}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|多分|tr=たぶん, tabun}}, {{t+|ja|十中八九|tr=じっちゅうはっく, jitchūhakku}}, {{t+|ja|恐らく|tr=おそらく, osoraku|sc=Jpan}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|មុខជា|tr=muk cie|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|아마}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|لەوانەیە}}
* Latin: {{t|la|probabiliter}}, {{t|la|fortasse}}, {{t|la|fortassis}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|droši vien}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|веројатно|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|barangkali}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|puano}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|antakeligvis}}, {{t+|nb|trolig}}, {{t+|nb|sannsynlig}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|prawdopodobnie}}, {{t+|pl|przypuszczalnie}}, {{t+|pl|chyba}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|provavelmente}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|probabil}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вероя́тно}}, {{t+|ru|наве́рно}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|вероватно}} / {{t|sh|вјероватно}}, {{t|sh|веројатно}} / {{t|sh|вјеројатно}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|verovatno}} / {{t|sh|vjerovatno}}, {{t|sh|verojatno}} / {{t+|sh|vjerojatno}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pravdepodobne}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|verjetno}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|probablemente}}, {{t+|es|seguro}}, {{t+|es|sin duda}}, {{t+|es|seguramente}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|nog}}, {{t+|sv|sannolikt}}, {{t+|sv|troligen}}, {{t+|sv|antagligen}}, {{t+|sv|förmodligen}}, {{t+|sv|troligtvis}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|baká}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ท่าจะ|tr=tâa jà}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|muhtemelen}}, {{t|tr|her halde}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|пе́вно}}, {{t|uk|імові́рно}} / {{t|uk|ймові́рно}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|có lẽ}}, {{t+|vi|có thể}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|luveratiko}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|dandjreus}}, {{t+|wa|probåbe}}, {{t+|wa|azår}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|מסתּמא|tr=mistome}}
* Yup'ik: {{t|esu|-yugnarqe}} {{qualifier|verbal postbase}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|teqez|n}}, {{t|zza|mı het ke}}, {{t|zza|muhtemelen}}
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