Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unlikely"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
[Obs.] ``The unlikely eld of me.'' --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
In an unlikely manner.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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