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viably

/ˈvaɪəbli/adverb

viably is an adverb meaning “In a viable way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-A-B-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 40 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does viably mean?

adverb

  1. 1

    In a viable way.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce viably?

  • /ˈvaɪəbli/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of viably

  • more viably comparative
  • most viably superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is viably?

Viably appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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).

Where does viably come from?

From viable + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).