EGAVE

predictably

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 1.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In a manner that can be expected or anticipated.
    Predictably he returned to the scene of his crime, where the police were waiting to arrest him.

Similar words

unsurprisingly predictable foreseeably obviously anticipatedly typically ordinarily expectedly reliably dependably

Often followed by

enough the and to in with as be from

Word family

predict predictability predictable predicted predicting prediction predictions predicts

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