prolly

English

Etymology

Clipping of probably.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒ.li/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈprɑ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɒli

Adverb

prolly (comparative more prolly, superlative most prolly)

1. (colloquial, slang) Probably.

   I should prolly keep my eyes on the road.

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 24:

     Take or be taken. Get yours or get got. It was the code of the streets and I'd lived by it. The way things was looking, I was prolly gone die by it too.

   • 2006 April 24, Videlectrix, Thy Dungeonman 3, Browser, level/area: Bridge which looks troll-friendly:

     Naw. That stream's so lazy, it prolly wouldn't even float thee.

   • 2020, Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited‎^[1], Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:

     Prolly wouldn't be stopped by da cops all da time, even though I ain't doin' nothin' wrong. Prolly wouldn't have my teachers tryna put me in special ed all da time. And prolly would be in the Gifted and Talented Program wit' you and Echo.

   • 2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4907: Sasratchewan:

     "There's prolly good parts of the province. Only good part of the town is it's easy to sneak into the abandoned movie theater and throw expired Milk Duds to the rats."

Synonyms

• prob'ly
• probly

Translations

eye dialect spelling of probably

• Finnish: todnäk
• French: sûr’ment, sur’ment
• Ido: probable (io)
• Volapük: luveratiko

Anagrams

• prolyl