наверное

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  • (colloquial, fast speech) IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: наэ́рное)
  • (colloquial, fast speech) IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: на́рное)

Adverb

наве́рное (navérnoje)

  1. (hedge) probably, most likely
  2. (dated) for sure, certainly, for certain
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть первая, IV”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      «Мо́жет быть, я бы то же са́мое сде́лал бы на его́ ме́сте, ду́мал Пьер. Да́же наве́рное я бы сде́лал то же са́мое; к чему́ же э́та дуэ́ль, э́то уби́йство? И́ли я убью́ его́, и́ли он попадёт мне в го́лову, в ло́коть, в коле́нку. Уйти́ отсю́да, бежа́ть, зары́ться куда́-нибудь», приходи́ло ему́ в го́лову.
      «Móžet bytʹ, ja by to že sámoje sdélal by na jevó méste, dúmal Pʹjer. Dáže navérnoje ja by sdélal to že sámoje; k čemú že éta duélʹ, éto ubíjstvo? Íli ja ubʹjú jevó, íli on popadjót mne v gólovu, v lókotʹ, v kolénku. Ujtí otsjúda, bežátʹ, zarýtʹsja kudá-nibudʹ», prixodílo jemú v gólovu.
      “I should perhaps have done the same thing in his place,” thought Pierre. “It's even certain that I should have done the same, then why this duel, this murder? Either I shall kill him, or he will hit me in the head, or elbow, or knee. Can't I go away from here, run away, bury myself somewhere?” passed through his mind.

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