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PREDICTABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does predictably mean?
• PREDICTABLY (adverb)
The adverb PREDICTABLY has 1 sense:
1. in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree
Familiarity information: PREDICTABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a predictable manner or to a predictable degree
Context example:
predictably, he did not like the news
Pertainym:
predictable (capable of being foretold)
Context examples
Predictably, the more students sleep during the day, the greater the benefit of naps on many of these measures.
(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Predictably enough, that intense heat caused the rocks to liquefy into molten lava, but once the lava cooled, analysis revealed that the chemical absences we find on Earth aren't an anomaly.
(Fiery Collisions That Gave Birth to Earth Could Have Evaporated 40% of Our World, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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