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probably in English:

1. presumably presumably


They are students, so presumably they won’t have a lot of money.
The train is presumably delayed for 10 minutes.
presumably not
Her father was, presumably, absent when all this was going on?
‘But presumably you haven’t arranged this interview to reassure me about your literary taste.’
So, presumably, you would recommend ballet lessons.
Oil prices will presumably get even higher.
Apart from Parck, Thrawn, and Eli, the passenger list included Major Barris, (...) and two stormtroopers, presumably also part of the group who'd seen the alien in action.
This is presumably the right way. The satnav says so.
But whether he could show any of that talent during the presumably brief time he would be out from under Thrawn's shadow was questionable at best.

2. probably


It's probably OK.
Tomorrow, the car needs to go to the garage for a big service. It'll probably set me back a couple of hundred euros.
A self-proclaimed democrat, who is lucky enough to live in a democratic country, but who constantly swears at politicians without committing himself to politics, has probably not understood the word "democracy".
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
Ah, this is my idiot son Takashi "Eh-er, yes. (The late) Takashi, right?" "Fuusy, he isn't dead yet! Probably."
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superfluous, nay, dangerous for breeding purposes, so for the most part does a woman lose her beauty after giving birth to one or two children; and probably for the same reasons.
It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong.
Situation report. "At present 4 in sight. At most probably 7. Holding small calibre arms."
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
An ancient manor, probably from the time of the templar knights, is the home to our family, and its outbuildings welcome friends and holiday guests all year round.
Probably just a stupid urban legend "But they do say 'there's no smoke without fire', don't they?"
What is political science? From the "political," people will probably first associate it with the political incidents that enliven journalism.

3. possibly


He couldn't possibly succeed.
I was just wondering if Tom could possibly still be at school.
Possibly he knows who broke the windows.
Possibly, the accident will delay his arrival.
If something is an apple, then it's either red or green, or possibly both.
Honest men and knaves may possibly wear the same cloth.
Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
This is one of those views which are so absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
Did you possibly not notice until just now? "Er, well ... it was just so beyond my imagination that ..."
The cleanup at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could take years, possibly decades.
How could he possibly have effected that kind of change in that amount of time?
No rational person, of whatever political persuasion, could possibly object to the program.
There is a chance of showers today and possibly a thunderstorm.
We'll do everything we possibly can to help. Could I possibly borrow your bike?

English word "probably"(possibly) occurs in sets:

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4. likely


If your spouse is a politician, then likely your name will also appear in the newspaper from time to time.
He is likely to have a book and a cracker at his meals--and then forget to eat the cracker!
It's quite likely.
We will soon most likely be charged for garbage disposal by how much of it there is.
It's better not to prattle on about meaningless things. The more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it.
If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are likely to become dull and unintelligent.
Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"
This robot does whatever I say. That's a big help when I'm too tired to do anything. Not too likely, huh?
According to a Cornell University study, unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted than good-looking ones.
The recent news about the Fukushima I nuclear power plant will likely strengthen the cause of the advocates who want to let our local nuclear power plant's license expire.
We are less likely to go crazy in space and more likely to accomplish our missions by using crews that are organised along family lines.
So if something is controversial it means it’s causing or likely to cause some argument
Because of the large scale of drones' likely impact on our society (and because we're talking about a federal bureaucracy) you can bet that it will be a few years before drones really take off commercially across the country.
The traditional way of learning a language may satisfy at most one's sense of duty, but it can hardly serve as a source of joy. Nor will it likely be successful.