predictably

predictably — adverb

1. in the way people had reason to expect before something happened; sometimes with

1.副詞C1
釋義

in the way people had reason to expect before something happened; sometimes with a mildly negative tone to show that the result was no surprise.

例句

Predictably, the front seats were gone ten minutes after ticket sales opened.

sentence adverb commenting on an expected result

After three days without sleep, Ben predictably made mistakes in the lab report.

predictably + verb after a clear cause

同義詞
  • unsurprisingly

    foregrounds the lack of surprise and is often a little more conversational or ironic.

  • inevitably

    stronger; it suggests the result could not be prevented, not just that people saw it coming.

  • naturally

    common in speech; less precise and can also mean 'of course'.

  • typically

    describes what usually happens in general, not one specific expected result.

反義詞
  • unexpectedly

    for results that happen without warning or prior expectation.

  • surprisingly

    stresses that the outcome caused surprise.

  • oddly

    focuses on strangeness rather than matching a forecast.

文法句型

Predictably, + clause

subject + predictably + verb

Predictably enough, + clause

用法筆記

Often sentence-initial when the speaker is stepping back to judge a whole event or result. In criticism, it can suggest boring familiarity, as in 'The sequel ended predictably', but the core idea is still that the outcome matched expectations rather than that it was unavoidable.

常見錯誤

❌The team predictably would lose after selling its captain.
✅The team would predictably lose after selling its captain.
💡place 'predictably' before the main verb or at the start of the sentence, not between the subject and a modal.
❌Without water, the flowers predictably died in a week.
✅Without water, the flowers inevitably died in a week.
💡'predictably' comments on what people expected; 'inevitably' stresses that the result could not be avoided.