Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - predictable

~ adj 1 if the result of something is predictable, you know what it will be before it happens  (The outcome of these experiments is not always entirely predictable.) 2 behaving or happening in the way that you expect, especially when this seems boring or annoying  (I used to be interested in politics, but now it's all getting very predictable. | You're just so predictable!) - predictably adv sentence adverb  (Predictably it was the demonstrators who were blamed for the violence.) - predictability n