plausibly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English plausible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English plausibly From plausible + -ly.
- In a plausible manner.
“She lied plausibly, but the police suspected her anyway.”
- Probably; not falsifiably, based on available facts and general knowledge.
“Plausibly, she said she'd been working at the time.”