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un·likely (-līk′lē)
adjective
- not likely to happen or be true; improbable
- not likely to succeed; not promising
Etymology: ME unlikly, prob. based on ON ūlīkligr
adverb
improbably he may, not unlikely, join us
Related Forms:
- unlikelihood un·like′·li·hood′ noun or unlikeliness un·like′·li·ness
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