believably
- a word derived from believe.
Example Sentences
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His 2021 restaurant memory drama “Pig” gave Nicolas Cage his subtlest dialogue in years, while “A Quiet Place: Day One” had no business being as believably haunted as it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Monkey’s capture comes about by his being believably beguiled by the sound of the lute-like pipa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
He lets the film pause and breathe, believably extricating Pansy from her pain for just a moment to give her a taste of what reprieve and lightness might look like.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
Things move fast and somehow both bizarrely and believably so at the start of this somewhat peculiar but endearing indie directed by Crystal Moselle and Harden.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
If he could be with her, so extraordinarily beautiful and yet so ordinary, predictable and domestic and dedicated, then perhaps his life would start to seem believably his.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
