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foreseeably

foreseeably adverb: in a manner that could be foreseen.

Adverb

foreseeably (comparative more foreseeably, superlative most foreseeably)

  1. In a manner that could be foreseen.
    • “It could foreseeably be admissible,” said Gerald Lefcourt, a defense lawyer with experience in both criminal and celebrity cases.2009 October 6, Bill Carter, “Letterman Apologizes on the Air to His Wife”, in New York Times

Forms of foreseeably

comparativemore foreseeably
superlativemost foreseeably

Origin of foreseeably

From foreseeable + -ly.

Questions about foreseeably

What does foreseeably mean?
Foreseeably means in a manner that could be foreseen.
What part of speech is foreseeably?
Foreseeably is an adverb.

Words near foreseeably in the dictionary

  1. foresee
  2. foreseeabilities
  3. foreseeability
  4. foreseeable
  5. foreseeableness
  6. foreseeably
  7. foreseeing
  8. foreseeingly
  9. foreseeings
  10. foreseek
  11. foreseeking

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