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MrGuedes Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Synonym of "probably"

Hello! I was thinking about a way to say "probably", but with a word derived from "likely". I mean...

probability = likelihood (nouns)
probable = likely (adjectives)
probably = ? (adverbs)

What could be the synonym of probably? "Likelily"? Anything else? Or doesn't it exist?

Thank you.
  

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'Likelily' does not exist, as any dictionary will tell you. I believe that in AmE, 'likely' can be used as an adverb with a very similar meaning to 'probably'. This is not possible in BrE.

— Fivejedjon

  • 'Likelily' does not exist, as any dictionary will tell you.
  • I believe that in AmE, 'likely' can be used as an adverb with a very similar meaning to 'probably'.
  • This is not possible in BrE.
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'Likelily' does not exist, as any dictionary will tell you.

I believe that in AmE, 'likely' can be used as an adverb with a very similar meaning to 'probably'. This is not possible in BrE.
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Thank you. So, in BrE, "probably" has no synonym... OK. That thing in AmE, of using "likely" as an adverb, in my opinion, sounds quite odd. "She hasn't arrived yet. It's likely that she has gotten lost". Now, to say "Likely, she has gotten lost", I think it sounds strange and ungrammatical.
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There are a few synonyms for probably, but if you are specifically looking for a word derived from "like" I think you only have the option of "likely" in AmE, which is generally an adjective but tolerated and used as an adverb. Some people frown upon the use of "likely" as an adverb and it is most acceptable with another intensifying adverb before it, such as "I will very/most likely atten
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