plausibly
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6.3
- adverb
- /ˈplɔːzəblɪ/
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plausiblemente
- After all, unlike the Romans, they're still here, still running what can plausibly be called the world's oldest democracy.
- plausibly argues
- plausibly claim
- plausibly interpret
And you can argue either side of this plausibly.
- And you can argue either side of this plausibly.
- Now we're in a situation, at least in America, we, we, we really cannot plausibly be invaded by anybody, right.
- Things that shouldn't, shouldn't be in the atmosphere and are plausibly associated with some kind of biological metabolism.
- And then once we get beings that plausibly have consciousness, you have perspectival and procedural right with us.
- This one isn't a huge problem for astrophysicists, because the growth of quasars quite plausibly depends on a lot of variables that are not very well known.
- So if you were trying to create a chatbot, you'd quite plausibly program it to please the left more than the right, wouldn't you?
- Goldberg and Reed say that these developments can be plausibly considered the markers of a new era in international trade and globalization.
Examples
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In contrast to hypothesis 2A, we can plausibly suggest a competing prediction.
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The scientist presented her findings in a way that seemed plausibly supported by the evidence.
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Voters should be looking for the person who can most plausibly fix our political system.
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And the interesting thing is that each one of these premises could be plausibly challenged.
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The administration could plausibly claim to be seeking a radical transformation of the security regime.
Academic text (1990) -
Congress, one could plausibly argue, is too inclined to federalize things.
Academic text (2017) -
Goldberg and Reed say that these developments can be plausibly considered the markers of a new era in international trade and globalization.
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Yet recent research by French historians has plausibly acquitted Esterhazy of treason without throwing the guilt back on poor Dreyfus.
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Romance comics built up marital tensions gradually and plausibly, with incidents that would resonate with and validate readers' experiences.
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The theory was plausibly proposed based on recent research in the field.
Synonyms
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1.0
Likely to happen or be true but not certain
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4.4
People can support it with good reasons, but not everyone accepts it
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4.4
In a believable way that makes people think it is true
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3.2
In a way that seems real or true
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6.3
In a way that you can show is reasonable and acceptable
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Plausibly comes from plausible, which goes back to the Latin plaudere meaning 'to clap' or 'to applaud' and is the same idea as the English word applaud. Because applause shows that something looks good or convincing, plausibly means 'in a way that seems reasonable or likely to be true'.