Be sure and Probably

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Probably and be sure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Probably" instead an adverb phrase "Be sure".

Probably adverb - By reasonable assumption.

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Be sure and probably are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be sure" instead an adverb "Probably".

Nearby Words: probable, probability

To be sure, Dick Tracy probably wouldn't be banned if those earliest strips were run today, but they would almost certainly inspire some tut-tutting from many parents and older people.

Source: Seinfeld Is Unfunny / Newspaper Comics
Be sure you don't break any of Lord Entropy's laws in the process, though, because it'll probably come back to bite you later.

Source: Tabletop Game / Nobilis
But the Joker's got an incredible Multiple-Choice Past, so he's probably just making it up — but we can't be sure.

Source: Tangled Family Tree

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