Used in a Sentence

arguably

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for arguably.

Editorial note

It's time to face facts: San Francisco is spectacularly mismanaged and arguably the worst-run big city in America.

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Quick take

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of arguably gathered in one view.

adverb

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for arguably.

adverb

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

Example sentences

1

It's time to face facts: San Francisco is spectacularly mismanaged and arguably the worst-run big city in America.

2

More generally, someone democratic needs to challenge America once in a while, arguably for America's own health.

3

Those relationships would arguably not have been possible if they had not known how he was different.

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It basically just mixed junk into the front page, arguably the worst thing one could do to the front page.

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The stack has alot of bells and whistles and arguably benefits from the deep integration between the tools (Visual Studio) and the platform.

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Which is arguably the next major important developmental steps as a species.

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That could, arguably, be considered an act of war, but so far everybody's doing it and we do not yet have a war.

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Each was (arguably) commercially more successful than Delany.

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I installed Win10 yesterday, and they replaced my FF default with Microsoft Edge (which is arguably better than IE, but still not something I'd use voluntarily).

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Take away is that it's a bad idea (in this case arguably even immoral) to let the good solution today get in the way of the perfect solution in the future.

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(Because they do that.) Again privacy-violating by your, arguably, very narrow standard.

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We arguably wouldn't have a lot of the advances we have today without WW2, but I'm not ready to shake Hitler's hand and congratulate him on a job well done.

Quote examples

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Instacart is arguably similar to uber I think they're doing alright, and don't have a "big" substitute.

2

[1] "all features" as in "all features which enhance a page arguably to the benefit of the user".

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Large companies have no vested interest in building systems that do the "right thing" for you as defined by tech types like us who are arguably more sensitive on this subject than most people.

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At the same time, countries exercising a highly socialistic economic policy (welfare countries), such as the Nordics and Germany to some extent have a far higher "average" quality of life, as well as (arguably) a happier population.

Proper noun examples

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Arguably, that one true, obvious metric is supposed to be the karma score.

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Arguably those two were more appealing HN submissions than the subsequent four.

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Arguably, that's the who point of a representative democracy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use arguably in a sentence?

It's time to face facts: San Francisco is spectacularly mismanaged and arguably the worst-run big city in America.

What does arguably mean?

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

What part of speech is arguably?

arguably is commonly used as adverb.