# predictably

**Pronunciation:** /prɪˈdɪktəbli/ · pri-DIK-tuh-blee

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a way that is expected or able to be foreseen.

## Examples

- Predictably, the popular movie sequel broke box office records on its opening weekend.
- The team, predictably, lost the game after their star player was injured early on.
- She reacted predictably to the bad news, becoming quiet and withdrawn.

## Synonyms

- expectedly — Simple and direct, implying something was anticipated.
- foreseeably — Suggests the outcome could have been known in advance through reasoning.
- inevitably — Stronger, implying the outcome was unavoidable or bound to happen.
- unsurprisingly — Focuses on the lack of surprise, often used informally.

## Antonyms

- unpredictably — In a way that cannot be expected or foreseen.
- unexpectedly — In a way that was not anticipated.

## Common patterns

- predictably enough — Used to emphasize that something was quite expected. — Predictably enough, the children chose ice cream over vegetables.
- predictably bad/good — Used to describe an outcome that was expected to be of a certain quality. — The sequel was predictably bad, failing to live up to the original.

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