The phrase "ask presumably" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are speculating about the nature of a request or inquiry, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "If you ask presumably about the project's timeline, I can provide an update."
Alternatives: "ask likely" or "inquire presumably".
The others were the slow-burning debut I Know Where it's At, the 1m-selling Never Ever, which features an Appleton pleading, "A few questions I need to know" (and a few answers she needs to ask, presumably), the glorious Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Under the Bridge, and the ones nobody remembers: Bootie Call and War of Nerves.
"China?" the interviewer asked, presumably perplexed because China is not known for holding free elections.
"How are we the silvertails," he asked, presumably to the sound of invisible violins.
Coroner John Gittins asked: "Presumably the caller isn't told that?
His answers on this appeared to intentionally misconstrue what was being asked — presumably in a bid to mask the ugly reality of the true scope and depth of the surveillance apparatus he commands.
"The president-elect asked, presumably because he's a New Yorker and is aware of the great work that our office has done over the past seven years, asked to meet with me to discuss whether or not I'd be prepared to stay on as the United States attorney to do the work as we have done it, independently, without fear or favor for the last seven years," Bharara said in November.
The ask was presumably a joke but if Tide Pods have taught us anything, all it takes is one authority figure saying "no" for a viral challenge to be born and for a bunch of people to wind up getting hurt.
("Is violins ever justified?" one asks, writing presumably about war).
Then Kadyrbayev asked Phillipos, presumably in English, what they should do about the backpack.
"How is it that there is a serious corruption problem in most instances if a contributor gives more than $2,300," he asked, but "presumably Congress doesn't think there is a serious corruption problem when this statute kicks in and somebody gives $6,900 to a candidate?" Mr. Clement said that "what the relaxation of the contribution limits reflects is an adjustment of other interests".
'Can you say, "Caesar Chavez?"', asked another, presumably rhetorically – while a third managed to wrangle two talking points into one meaningless one with: 'Of course this goes along with the Obamacare nonsense that the government will have direct access to your bank accounts if this Obamacare BS becomes law.
