Meaning of arguably in English

arguably

adverb

/ˈɑːɡ.ju.ə.bli/ us

/ˈɑːrɡ.ju.ə.bli/

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used when stating an opinion or belief that you think can be shown to be true:

He is arguably the world's best football player.

Arguably, the drug should not have been made available.

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(Definition of arguably from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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arguably

adverb [ not gradable ]

/ˈɑr·ɡju·ə·bli/

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in a way that can be shown to be true:

She was, arguably, the best female basketball player of all time.

(Definition of arguably from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of arguably

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Authenticity arguably has a further dimension, beyond the information and autonomy requirements, namely richness.

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Arguably, random dispersal would allow them to have more progeny than if they had not dispersed.

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Thus, although the performer uses real actions, the present moment of the performance is arguably always an illusion of the real.

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The following years, moreover, arguably saw the law shed its associations with the gentry and aristocracy that had been characteristic of earlier decades.

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Arguably that is so in the paradigm cases of armies and mental asylums.

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However, for those cases in which perceptual assimilation arguably is not at stake, we acknowledge that ease of articulation can play a role.

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And arguably various versions of complexity economics, though sometimes highly formal, rely on many of the same basic themes found in evolutionary and institutional economics.

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Potentially embarrassing examples of directionality, arguably fundamental to any consideration of hominid evolution, are promptly dismissed.

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Now consider the case of someone whose own conduct was, at the time it occurred, arguably protected, but ultimately held to be unprotected.

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In 1956, arguably the most prominent popular hero of the 1950s made his fictional debut, to enormous acclaim.

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Such schemes would arguably lead to moral hazard problems of over-consumption and over-production of health services.

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These include the fossilization process, preservation and cladistics, in addition to (arguably) more prosaic topics such as fieldwork, collecting, preparation and curation.

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In the longer term, however, it arguably placed the credibility of the phenomena reported in newspapers and pamphlets under growing strain.

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Though only minimal space is given to the phonetic nature of intonation, this is arguably of peripheral interest to the intended audience.

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The most assertively discontented and mobilized regions received larger benefits than their more docile - though arguably more 'needy' or 'deserving' - neighbours.

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