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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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