credibly
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˈkrɛdɪbli/
:
de forma creíble
- I don't think he can say credibly that he is a winner in concert with that.
Donald Trump can credibly say that there were no wars started on his watch.
- Donald Trump can credibly say that there were no wars started on his watch.
- I don't think he can say credibly that he is a winner in concert with that.
- In many cases, the way that the evidence is deployed misses the mark of what it ought credibly to be able to show.
- You can say that they happen and you and you can do your best to justify why they happen, but that's not the same as creating the feeling that they credibly have happened.
- And, and really you could argue about when you have to do that, but you can't credibly argue about whether you have to do that.
- Simple, sometimes credibly complex, like Breaking Bad.
Examples
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Well, he's a pleasant fellow and he'd do the job credibly.
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Whatever happens on Election Day, we should not have a significant number of Americans credibly alleging that.
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Donald Trump can credibly say that there were no wars started on his watch.
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I mean, if news breaks on the air, we need to be able to cover it credibly.
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Thus, neither can credibly make the ultimate threat of withdrawal.
Academic text (1990) -
We need advances in models and understanding to credibly attribute the recent warming.
Blog text (8) -
I don't see how you can credibly argue that President Obama has failed in this regard.
Blog text (10) -
If we keep our weapons, we can still credibly threaten massive retaliation if someone threatens us.
Fiction book (2000) -
If Hillary Clinton will not retract her comments in full, I don't see how she can credibly campaign any further.
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The witness provided credibly detailed testimony that helped the jury understand the situation.
Synonyms
26
3.8
In a way that makes people believe what you say
9
6.3
In a way that seems likely from the facts
2
3.2
In a way that seems real or true
Antonyms
How Credible
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4.4
26
3.8
11
4.4
9
6.3
135
4.4
4
3.8
1
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Credibly comes from the Latin word credere, which means 'to believe', and the root cred- shows up in English words like credit, which are about trust. So, to do something credibly is to do it in a way people can 'believe' or trust.