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unlikely definition

un·likely (-līk)

adjective

  1. not likely to happen or be true; improbable
  2. not likely to succeed; not promising

Etymology: ME unlikly, prob. based on ON ūlīkligr

adverb

improbably he may, not unlikely, join us

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