「私はすぐには行動しないだろうと侮っていた」

It seems as though だろう is expressing something that is outside of what I've
normally seen it used for (e.g. as a substitute for でしょう to mean "probably")
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grammar conjugations
On the use of だろう
This だろう does have the function of inference, "I suppose" or "probably will
～". The subject of 侮っていた is 私, but the subject of 行動しないだろう can be either 私 or
someone else who has been mentioned in the previous context. と is just a
quotative particle.

> すぐには行動しないだろう。  
>  = すぐには行動しないでしょう。
>
> I think [someone] will not act right away.

> 私はすぐには行動しないだろうと侮っていた。
>
> I had been under the impression that [they/I] (probably) would not act right
> away.
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