From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adjective
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adverb In an unlikely manner.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "unlikely": distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful, objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive, unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable, unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable
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