Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

    glaubwürdig, glaubhaft

  2. Used to report the speaker's assessment of the credibility of a reported statement

More definitions
  • easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Can the president credibly commit to that?

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
in a credible manner; believably:

Forms

more credibly, most credibly
Comparativemore credibly Lesson
Superlativemost credibly

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcredible

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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