Found 4 hits - Term: unlikely, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unlikely \unlike"ly\, a.
1. not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
1913 webster
2. not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
unpromising; as, unlikely means. --hooker.
1913 webster
3. not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
obs. "the unlikely eld of me." --chaucer.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unlikely \unlike"ly\, adv.
in an unlikely manner.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
unlikely
adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an
improbable event" syn: improbable ant: probable
2: has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an
unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection";
"a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" ant: likely
3: having a probability to low to inspire belief syn: improbable,
unbelievable, unconvincing
see also:
improbable probable likely unbelievable unconvincing
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "unlikely":
distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable,
hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate,
inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful,
objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive,
unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable,
unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable
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