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Meanings of improbably in English

Portuguese
incrivelmente

Not easy to believe.

incrivelmente

In an improbable manner.

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Examples for "unlikely"
Examples for "unlikely"
1
As a result, anti-inversion legislation appears unlikely to become law this year.
Reuters
2
Mr Mitau said changes are unlikely to happen until early next year.
Radio NZ
3
Despite those advantages, future nuclear development in South Africa is extremely unlikely.
The South African
4
Unlike in continental Europe, this is unlikely to come from the state.
The Guardian
5
The new sanctions are unlikely to trigger an immediate crisis in Russia.
Reuters
Usage of improbably in English
1
Of course, it helps that he is improbably handsome; almost disquietingly so.
The Guardian
2
We're watching one whose greatest accomplishments, improbably, may be yet to come.
Ebony
3
Either I'd been improbably lucky or Diana was a very good actress.
The Forever War
4
At 19, he was impossibly young for the tournament, and improbably handsome.
The Guardian
5
The worthless artist would not improbably have been a quite incompetent baker.
Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
6
But he'd started it, improbably, and he knew of no conversational exit.
The sherlockian
7
Not improbably he had never before viewed himself as he did now.
The Scarlet Letter
8
They not improbably marry,-themen do, at least,-andmake good average husbands.
The Eustace Diamonds
9
I met a man who improbably drew me closer towards my uncle.
The Guardian
10
JD Salinger met Laurence Sterne and, improbably, they became best friends.
The Guardian
11
But the condition of aggregation may not improbably vary somewhat in different specimens.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
12
His party's program, somewhat improbably, calls for nuclear rearmament of Ukraine.
Reuters
13
He may not improbably be our companion in Wales next year.
The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle...
14
Not improbably it was two thousand feet down to the river.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
15
It may not improbably force me to give up the living.
Dr. Wortle's School
16
A somewhat stolid Cup final had been improbably transformed by two exquisite goals.
The Guardian
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