foreseeably
adverb
foreseeably is an adverb meaning “In a manner that could be foreseen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-S-E-E-A-B-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does foreseeably mean?
adverb
- 1
In a manner that could be foreseen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foreseeably
- more foreseeably comparative
- most foreseeably superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foreseeably?
Foreseeably appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foreseeably in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a manner that could be foreseen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | previsiblemente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foreseeably come from?
From foreseeable + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).