Unlikely Definition

ŭn-līklē
unlikeliest, unlikelier
adjective
unlikeliest, unlikelier
Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
Webster's New World
Not likely to succeed; not promising.
Webster's New World
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adverb
Improbably.
He may, not unlikely, join us.
Webster's New World

In an improbable manner.

Wiktionary
noun
Something or somebody considered unlikely.
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Other Word Forms of Unlikely

Noun

Singular:
unlikely
Plural:
unlikelies

Adjective

Base Form:
unlikely
Comparative:
unlikelier
Superlative:
unlikeliest

Origin of Unlikely

  • un- +"Ž likely

    From Wiktionary

Unlikely Sentence Examples

  • It was an unlikely spot for water.

  • She doesn't understand how unlikely that is.

  • It seemed unlikely that he would travel so many miles to get her, and then give up.

  • It seems not unlikely therefore that Craig may have accompanied the king in his visit to Uranienburg.

  • Again, it is not unlikely that the Politics was arranged in the traditional order of books by Theophrastus, and that this is the meaning of the curious title occurring in the list of Aristotle's works as given by Diogenes Laertius, rroXcTCKns IcKpoavEC.os ws OeocApa6Tov a'13'y'8'E'srrt', which agrees with the Politics in having eight books.

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Words Starting With

UUNUNL

Words Ending With

YLYELY

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Words Starting With U and Ending With Y

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With U8 Letter Words Ending With Y