Probabilistically
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 and effectively suppressing all others."
- 1 by the use of probability theory wordnet
Example
More examples"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 and effectively suppressing all others."
Etymology
From probabilistic + -ally.
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