If you say that an event is ~, you mean that it is obvious in advance that it will happen.
This was a ~ reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries...
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ADJ
predictably
His article is, predictably, a scathing attack on capitalism...
ADV: ADV with cl, ADV with v, ADV adj/adv
predictability
Your mother values the predictability of your Sunday calls.
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