predicably

Variant of predicable

adjective

capable of being predicated

Origin: ML praedicabilis < L, praiseworthy < praedicare: see preach

noun

  1. something predicable
  2. Logic any of the several sorts of predicate that can be used of a subject, as, in Aristotelian logic, genus, species, difference, property, and accident

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