arguably
pronunciation
How to pronounce arguably in British English:
UK [ˈɑːɡjuəbli]
How to pronounce arguably in American English:
US [ˈɑːrɡjuəbli]
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- Adverb:
- as can be shown by argument
Word Origin
- arguably (adv.)
- "as may be shown by argument," 1890, from arguable + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. Arguably , nailing everything down too early may also hamper innovation .
- 2. Indeed chinahas arguably been one of its biggest beneficiaries .
- 3. She 's onto something : arguably the very definition of reading has changed .
- 4. Mr duncan is arguably the luckiest education secretary since jimmy carter created his department in 1979 .
- 5. Kim jong il 's regime is arguably the world 's nastiest .