Middle English Dictionary Entry
probāblī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | probāblī adv. Also probabili & (error) probali. |
| Etymology | From probāble adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Reasonably, probably; credibly, plausibly; with probability; (b) error for probable.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)76 : More þan oon beyng..may þere not be..as resoun afore in þis book bi his natural liȝt haþ probabili provid.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)111 : Ful ofte a man..chesiþ..raþer to haue deeþ þan lijf..for certyn hopis of good which ful probaly [read: probably] he knowiþ or bileuyth forto come þer bi.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)131 : Þyn infynyte myȝt..we mowe probabily knowe by natural resoun.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)77 : The conclusioun is knowen as probabili or likeli trewe.
- (1471) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.710 : No Man shall mowe probably hereafter pretend Ignorance in this Partie by any maner colour.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.71 : Whiche semethe to be probably [Trev.: it semeþ more probable; L probabilius] that theke mencion is made there of Marius, kynge of Britones.