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probabilistically

probabilistically adverb: in a probabilistic manner; using a method based on probability.

Adverb

probabilistically (comparative more probabilistically, superlative most probabilistically)

  1. In a probabilistic manner; using a method based on probability.
    • The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome...2005 April 8, Brian Greene, “One Hundred Years of Uncertainty”, in The New York Times

Forms of probabilistically

comparativemore probabilistically
superlativemost probabilistically

Origin of probabilistically

From probabilistic + -ally.

Words formed from probabilistically

Phrases with probabilistically

Questions about probabilistically

What does probabilistically mean?
Probabilistically means in a probabilistic manner; using a method based on probability.
What part of speech is probabilistically?
Probabilistically is an adverb.

Words near probabilistically in the dictionary

  1. probabilisms
  2. probabilist
  3. probabilistic
  4. probabilistic process
  5. probabilistic processes
  6. probabilistically
  7. probabilistically checkable proof
  8. probabilistically checkable proofs
  9. probabilistics
  10. probabilists
  11. probabilities

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