PLAUSIBLY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

plausibly

adverb

Definition of plausibly

as in reasonably

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Recent Examples of plausibly More plausibly, CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, HPC and quantum resources will coexist, selected driven by workload economics and suitability. — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Fortunately for Jackson, Mainers’ energy bills are expected to soar in the campaign’s final weeks, plausibly increasing voters’ appetite for change in the process. — Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026 Rankin plausibly argues that these laws, together with the gradual exclusion of the yakuza from their old domains in entertainment, finance, and the property business, changed the nature of crime in Japan. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Compulsory worship with frightening dogma, which could lead you equally plausibly to heaven or hell. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Which means the actors who played Bullock’s daughters in the originals are now too old to plausibly play college-ish. — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Sep. 2026 Either squad could have plausibly won the 2021 Western Conference in a relatively down year. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Preventing the development of an Iranian nuclear weapon is surely a vital interest, and destroying Iran’s nuclear program is a clear objective that was plausibly attainable. — Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026 And while the characters could plausibly be of our world, Sterling Point, the place, might as well be a fairy tale land. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

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That model assumes a reasonably stable relationship between labor input and useful output, but AI weakens that relationship.

— Luis Aburto, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
All three show up in binoculars under a reasonably dark sky, while a small telescope starts to resolve them into individual stars.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reasonably

Adverb

Merkley and Daines are trying to find changes that everyone can live with, so their ideas could conceivably pass no matter who wins in November.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The league could conceivably sell a package of Monday-only games to a streaming service looking to increase subscriber and advertising revenue.

— Alex Sherman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of conceivably

Adverb

Remember the old Popeye and spinach routine, where the squinty-eyed sailor scarfs down a can of leafy greens and his muscles practically burst out of his shirt?

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2026
The chase for a third consecutive World Series championship is historically and essentially and practically kaput.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of practically

Adverb

But can a single supplier, no matter how competent and experienced, possibly be relied upon to deliver such a critical part of both forces’ future warfighting capacity?

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2026
Experts say the state-of-the-art Ion robotic bronchoscopy would have indicated whether the tumor was malignant and possibly whether cancer had spread to the lymph nodes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of possibly

Adverb

Better assignments could follow, perhaps a pay rise or promotion.

— Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
The Brewers’ final tying blow came on William Contreras’ fifth-inning homer against Kris Bubic, who has struggled in this postseason and perhaps shouldn’t have been in the game.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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