credibly
/ˈkɹɛdɪbli/
credibly adverb: in a credible manner; believably.
Adverb
credibly (comparative more credibly, superlative most credibly)
- In a credible manner; believably.
- A suitor can credibly signal his love for a woman by offering her an expensive and extravagant gift.
- He was in a position to commit to a credibly conservative monetary policy.
- Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement
- He [Mayor Koch] says he better understands the limits of government; less credibly, he says he has mellowed.1989, The New York Times Magazine, page 38
- His deep-set eyes and expression of general despair lend him a look of utter dissolution—very credibly, he is dying from sexual desire.1997, Vanity Fair, volume 60, page 95
credibly meaning in Tamil
credibly in Tamil
- சான்றுடன், நம்பக்கூடியவகையில்
Examples of credibly in a sentence
- Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]1993 July, Charles R. Morris, “It's Not the Economy, Stupid”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2025:
- All too credibly, he could imagine himself aging into the superannuated gigolo of Juvenal's satire.2009, Anthony Everitt, Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, page 289:
- Perhaps, and more credibly, he meant that, had he been at the department, he would have ensured that the president expressly cleared that instruction.2013, Frank W. Brecher, American Diplomacy and the Israeli War of Independence, page 171:
Antonyms of credibly
Forms of credibly
| comparative | more credibly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most credibly |
Origin of credibly
From credible + -ly.
Questions about credibly
- What does credibly mean?
- Credibly means in a credible manner; believably.
- What is credibly in Tamil?
- Credibly in Tamil is சான்றுடன், நம்பக்கூடியவகையில். See Credibly meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use credibly in a sentence?
- Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]
- What part of speech is credibly?
- Credibly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce credibly?
- Credibly is pronounced /ˈkɹɛdɪbli/.
Words near credibly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: credibly (page history and authors); credibly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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