as in reasonably
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Recent Examples of plausibly
The cat section positions him as both emotionally vulnerable and plausibly delusional.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Becky Ann Baker appears in one to scene as a plausibly manipulative mother-in-law to provide dramatic motivation for a crucial subplot.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Both sluggers could plausibly find their new homes over the coming days.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
That will help establish if the successive strikes were plausibly tied to the mission objective of destroying the still floating vessel and stop the salvaging of the drugs.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
With consistent civilian and defense demand driving dual-use production, such yards could plausibly reach break-even in 5–7 years.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
So begins a grand steeplechase that becomes the story of both The Secret Commonwealth and The Rose Field, which are so intertwined that they could plausibly have been published together as a single novel.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Kansas City could plausibly be 2-4 after facing Detroit this week.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
And yet the problems seem urgent; some studies have plausibly linked the increasing rates of teen depression and anxiety to the spread of social media.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibly
Adverb
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But Illinois’ economic performance remains underwhelming, and even reasonably popular governors often struggle in third terms as voters simply begin tuning them out.—
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Instead, under applicable rules and precedent, settlements on the whole must fairly, reasonably and adequately resolve the relevant legal controversy.—
Adverb
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Leeds had 48 hours less time than Manchester United to recover and prepare for this game, within a wider run of four matches across 10 days, and could have conceivably won the match, despite the obvious gulf in wages and transfer expenditure.—
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An agent could conceivably automate all of these activities.—
Adverb
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Throughout the long journey, South Park has created diehard fans who have practically memorized the entire run of the series.—
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Years of posting videos and photos of my kitchen projects have created this reflexive doppelgänger, someone practically unable to cook without the observing eye of an audience.—
Adverb
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Emily can pull together a cooking class with an Italian Duchess or a dinner at the resplendent Villa la Tasca, even, possibly, drinks with Count Guiseppe Tasca himself.—
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That sounds about right, especially since at least one of their playoff paths, and possibly both, will go through the chill of this continent’s Northeast quadrant.—
Adverb
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However things turn out next month, Bowe’s 38th birthday will coincide with another passage in her life, one dripping with anticipation and, perhaps, a dose of poignancy.—
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Typically, after coming to an agreement — after, perhaps, sending sample files to verify that the hackers actually can unlock them — clients pay the bitcoin ransom (there is no escrow) and then wait for the encryption key.—
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“Plausibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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