In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
Probably
Probably adverb - By reasonable assumption.
In fact and probably are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In fact" instead an adverb "Probably".
Nearby Words: probable, probability
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Both terms in one sentence
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In fact, the only one who doesn't speak a real language is King Hippo, and that's probably only because his home country is fictional as well.
Source: Video Game / Punch-Out!! - In fact, Sinanju actually turns out to be in Remo's genetic heritage... but still, it's a pretty well-kept secret and there are probably at most three masters of it alive at any given time.
Source: Secret Art - Rhodenbarr claimed that he in fact actually had a distant name-alike cousin who was younger, female and black, and allowed as how the movie was probably about her instead of him.
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