predictably
adverb
pre·dict·ably
pri-ˈdik-tə-blē 
1
: in a manner that can be predicted
works quickly and predictably
2
: as one could predict : as one would expect
His reaction was predictably negative.
From the beginning, we fell predictably into familiar student roles.—
Alexandra Fuller
Alexandra FullerPredictably, Southern's fans were not pleased.—Andrew Marantz
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The mood in the dressing room was predictably down.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
And there is, predictably, now an enormous industry selling us the cure.
—Big Think, 1 May 2026
In December, his newspaper The Washington Post, against the wishes of staffers, launched an AI podcast feature that badly regurgitates its articles, with predictably disastrous results.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
Early approaches to synthetic biology treated cells as modular systems, where components could be predictably exchanged.
—André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
And there is, predictably, now an enormous industry selling us the cure.
—Big Think, 1 May 2026
In December, his newspaper The Washington Post, against the wishes of staffers, launched an AI podcast feature that badly regurgitates its articles, with predictably disastrous results.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
Early approaches to synthetic biology treated cells as modular systems, where components could be predictably exchanged.
—André O. Hudson, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Predictably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predictably. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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