George Will

Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming entitlements or increasing taxes, will choose the latter.

Journalist

Andy Weir

Research into manned spaceflight is shifting from low-Earth orbit to destinations much further away, like Mars and the asteroid belt. But society will have to invent many new technologies before it can plausibly send people to those distances.

American Novelist

Noam Chomsky

It could be - and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don't like it - that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.

American Activist

John McCain

No one can plausibly argue that ridding the world of Saddam Hussein will not significantly improve the stability of the region and the security of American interests and values.

American Politician

Lauren DeStefano

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.

American Author

Robert J. Sawyer

Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear.

Canadian Writer

Sam Harris

Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.

Use 'plausibly' when something seems logical or probable, not just possible.

Likelihood Context

'Plausibly' can imply a small degree of doubt, suggesting an explanation isn't certain.

Subtle Doubt

In storytelling, 'plausibly' indicates that the narrative or characters are convincingly developed.

Narrative Strength

Use 'plausibly' when portraying a scenario that's doubtful but has a chance of being valid.

Reasonable Doubt

'Plausibly' suggests an element of truth, unlike something fabricated or wholly untrue.

Not Pure Fiction

'Plausibly' is often used defensively, to justify a position that could be questioned.

Defensive Usage

 First, the em world grows much faster than ours, roughly a hundred times faster. So the amount of change we would experience in a century or two, they would experience in a year or two. And I'm not really willing to project this age much beyond that, because plausibly by then something else will happen, I don't know what.