Presumability
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The extent to which something can be presumed or relied upon to be true. countable, uncountable
"1907-1909, Henry James, Roderick Hudson/Preface The prime effect of so sustained a system, so prepared a surface, is to lead on and on; while the fascination of following resides, by the same token, in the presumability somewhere of a convenient, of a visibly-appointed stopping place."
Example
More examples"1907-1909, Henry James, Roderick Hudson/Preface The prime effect of so sustained a system, so prepared a surface, is to lead on and on; while the fascination of following resides, by the same token, in the presumability somewhere of a convenient, of a visibly-appointed stopping place."
Etymology
From presume + -ability.
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