Unlikely
[ʌn'laɪklɪ] or [ʌn'laɪkli]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Editor: Ryan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
(a.) Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
(a.) Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
(adv.) In an unlikely manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Improbable.
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Examples
- It is not unlikely that the inquiry may be made, where Mr. Weller was, all this time? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I think it is not unlikely that he will accept when you propose the thing for the sake of your nephew. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Supposing him wrapped up as those two passengers were, is there anything in his bulk and stature to render it unlikely that he was one of them? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But, whatever may be their own wishes, it is very unlikely they should have opposed their brother's. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In my mind I set it down as an impossible performance, save in the unlikely case that she had a second pair of glasses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Supposing then, for instance--any unlikely thing will do for a supposition--that you and your mother were to have a serious quarrel. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Hannah entered with the intimation that a poor lad was come, at that unlikely time, to fetch Mr. Rivers to see his mother, who was drawing away. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You have possibly had other guns in reserve in case there should be several tigers, or in the unlikely supposition of your own aim failing you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And yet it is not very unlikely. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I think it very unlikely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I thought I overheard Miss Havisham answer,--only it seemed so unlikely,--Well? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Very unlikely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was most unlikely, therefore, that he should ever want his father's assistance. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Confess, Lestrade, that all this is very unlikely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- S'pose you wos to change your mind, vich is not unlikely, for you've the spirit o' five-and-twenty in you still, what 'ud become on you vithout me? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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