probabilistically

English

Etymology

From probabilistic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

probabilistically (comparative more probabilistically, superlative most probabilistically)

1. In a probabilistic manner; using a method based on probability.
   • 2005 April 8, Brian Greene, “One Hundred Years of Uncertainty”, in The New York Times‎:

     The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome and effectively suppressing all others.

Derived terms

• nonprobabilistically
• probabilistically checkable proof