If you say that an event is predictable, you mean that it is obvious in advance that it will happen. This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries unpredictable + predictably pre·dict·ably His article is, predictably, a scathing attack on capitalism + predictability pre·dict·abil·ity Your mother values the predictability of your Sunday calls. if something or someone is predictable, you know what will happen or what they will do - sometimes used to show disapproval