probable
/ˈpɹɑbəbl̩/ adjective B2- Likely or most likely to be true. · It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.· The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
- Likely to happen. · With all the support we have, success is looking probable.
- Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
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Your son has probably neglected some prescribed form or attention in registering his cargo, and it is more than probable he will be set at liberty directly he has given the information required, whether touching the health of his crew, or the value of his freight.”
“Well,” said the marquise, “it seems probable that, by the aid of the Holy Alliance, we shall be rid of Napoleon; and we must trust to the vigilance of M.
Suppose, for instance, the prisoner, as is more than probable, to have served under Napoleon—well, can you expect for an instant, that one accustomed, at the word of his commander, to rush fearlessly on the very bayonets of his foe, will scruple more to drive a stiletto into the heart of one he knows to be his personal enemy, than to slaughter his fellow-creatures, merely because bidden to do so by one he is bound to obey?
“It is probable; but there is no occasion to squeeze so hard.”
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