in all probability
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Also, in all likelihood. Most likely, almost certainly. For example, In all probability we'll be home for Christmas. This expression was first recorded in 1617, the variant in 1664.
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Words nearby in all probability
in a jam, in a lather, inalienable, in all, in all one's born days, in all probability, inalterable, in a manner of speaking, inamorata, inamorato, in-and-in
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