by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"
Used in a Sentence
presumably
How to use presumably in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for presumably.
Editorial note
These are things the author could be doing at the school too, but presumably she's too busy.
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Quick take
by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of presumably gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for presumably.
adverb
by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"
See also: presumptively
Example sentences
These are things the author could be doing at the school too, but presumably she's too busy.
A foreign Stanford student was denied boarding, presumably due to the no fly list.
He presumably has numbers that show that Quora ends up net ahead if they force people to create accounts to read answers.
The irony is that this is still going on at Google, and presumably everywhere else in the industry as well.
Which is presumably why GoDaddy was recruited by whoever recruited them.
After a time, and certainly after we die, we have presumably exhausted whatever benefit we get from such control.
Remember how they said they'd been working on it for years, and presumably expected for it to last many more years?Remember how that was, like, five days ago?
They don't want to challenge the government, they don't want to question it, not even when it's clearly violating it's own most important rules - the rules that, presumably, we've been fighting to promote these last 200 years.
" when they presumably have the ability to do another startup AND they now have enough money to finance 100 startups and 3 generations of their family, I have to say a very strong yes.
In that case, the debt vanishes and the noteholder becomes an equity holder and everybody wins in terms of optimal positioning of their respective stakes in the venture: founders have gotten their cheap stock that they can hold until a liquidity event, at which time they can sell typically for long-term capital gains and with no intervening taxes to pay; noteholders have gotten their equity stakes with all protections and with no-less-favorable pricing than that offered to the preferred stock investors who presumably have negotiated a good, arms-length deal for themselves; the company avoids a too-early high repricing of its stock so it can continue to offer good incentives to new team members as they join; and the company does not usually have to fool with 409A valuations or with other strings and formalities attending the bringing in of investors via equity rounds.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use presumably in a sentence?
These are things the author could be doing at the school too, but presumably she's too busy.
What does presumably mean?
by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"
What part of speech is presumably?
presumably is commonly used as adverb.