different between unlikely vs improbably
unlikely
English
Etymology
From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli, equivalent to un- +? likely.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?la?kli/
Adjective
unlikely (comparative unlikelier or more unlikely, superlative unlikeliest or most unlikely)
- Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
- It's very unlikely that you'll be able to walk perfectly after being in a cast for six months.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor.
- Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
- unlikely means
Translations
Adverb
unlikely (comparative more unlikely, superlative most unlikely)
- In an improbable manner.
Translations
Noun
unlikely (plural unlikelies)
- Something or somebody considered unlikely.
- 1980, Robert K. Lindsay, Applications of artificial intelligence for organic chemistry
- The molecular ion candidates are divided by the testing phase into three categories: rejects, unlikelies, and probables. Differences between each candidate and the prominent peaks in the spectrum are computed.
- 1996, Laurie R. King, To Play the Fool
- "Here is my every possible phone number, plus a few unlikelies. And I've also put down the numbers of Karin and Wade, in case you've lost them. Karin can come anytime; Wade, up until six in the morning."
- 2001, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marci Shimoff, Chicken soup for the mother's soul 2 (page 166)
- Then the most unlikely of unlikelies happened. We got another phone call. Another woman wanted to give us a baby—a boy, born just that morning. We walked into a hospital, and he was placed into my arms.
- 1980, Robert K. Lindsay, Applications of artificial intelligence for organic chemistry
References
- unlikely in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
unlikely From the web:
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improbably
English
Etymology
improbable +? -ly
Adverb
improbably (comparative more improbably, superlative most improbably)
- In an improbable manner; without probability.
Antonyms
- probably
Translations
References
- improbably in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
improbably From the web:
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- what does improbable
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- what is the meaning of improbable
- what does improbable idea mean
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