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Predictively vs Predictably - What's the difference?

predictively | predictably |

As adverbs the difference between predictively and predictably

is that predictively is in the manner of something that attempts or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting while predictably is in a manner that can be expected or anticipated.

predictively

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In the manner of something that attempts or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting.
    • The computer program predictively scheduled the number of employees we'd need each day of the year based on past work loads.

    predictably

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a manner that can be expected or anticipated.
    • Predictably he returned to the scene of his crime, where the police were waiting to arrest him.
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    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Capello was keen to use Phil Jones, normally a defender, in central midfield - but it was hard work for the Manchester United teenager and his England colleagues in the first half as Spain predictably dominated possession.}}