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pby

pby is the abbreviation of probably.

Meaning of probably

Adverb

probably (comparative more probably, superlative most probably)

  1. In all likelihood.
    • She probably has arrived by now.

Noun capitalized: PBY

PBY (plural PBYs)

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of patrol bomber Y, a flying boat and amphibious aircraft.
    • Anyway, he saw us and come in low and three hours later, a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up.1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Quint (Robert Shaw)

Forms of pby

Adverb
comparativemore pby
superlativemost pby
Noun
pluralPBYs

Questions about pby

What is pby the abbreviation of?
Pby is the abbreviation of probably.
What part of speech is pby?
Pby is a noun.
What is the plural of pby?
The plural of pby is PBYs.

Words near pby in the dictionary

  1. PBV
  2. pbw
  3. PBWs
  4. PBX
  5. PBXes
  6. pby
  7. PBYs
  8. PBZ
  9. pBzK
  10. pc
  11. PC bang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pby (page history and authors); PBY (page history and authors); probably (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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