presumptively

1. 1.

   by reasonable assumption

   “presumably, he missed the train”

   Synonymspresumably

Questions about presumptively

What does presumptively mean?

presumptively means "by reasonable assumption".

How many syllables are in presumptively?

presumptively has 5 syllables: pre-sump-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for presumptively?

Close synonyms include presumably. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is presumptively a common word?

presumptively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.