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8 letters word
15 points in Scrabble
18 points in WWF

Definitions for UNLIKELY in dictionary:

VERB:

In an unlikely manner.

ADJECTIVE:

not likely
not likely to happen, be done, or be true; improbable
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
has little chance of being the case or coming about
having a probability too low to inspire belief
improbable

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

not likely; improbable

Words related to UNLIKELY

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How to use UNLIKELY in a sentence

For that Morriston could be privy to the correspondence between his sister and Henshaw was quite unlikely.
Before these pages are printed it is not unlikely that the news of the fall of Delhi will have reached us.
As to the time when an attack might be expected, it was unlikely that it would occur before half past eleven.
It was by no means unlikely that Cheseldine might be at the other end.
Despite himself, although he knew how unlikely such a thing was, he could not help wondering if a terrible accident had really happened.
This Boer thinks unlikely, and presents a number of arguments to disprove the mythical character of the Siegfried story, into which we cannot enter here.
No matter whether the part under review seems a likely or an unlikely, or even a possible or an impossible place of concealment, search it whether or no.
It is not unlikely that the embassy, whereof this was the pretext, had a further political object.
However, it is unlikely that the people of antiquity would bestow a geological name upon any locality.
There were no British troops, as far as they knew, for many miles round, and concerted resistance from the natives was unlikely.

And yet it is not at all unlikely that he also, since he is but a man, though he be emperor too, may have something befall him which he would not choose.
And it is not at all unlikely that he was moved to envy by the praises bestowed upon his general, Belisarius.
The scheme was afterwards abandoned as unlikely to answer any useful purpose.
I think it unlikely that this conclusion will bear the test of further research.
This, I think, it would be unlikely to do, did it appear upon the ground under the flag of a hostile faith.
Knowing the town as she did, she was enabled to eliminate the unlikely, undesirable places.
It is unlikely that the red-haired man would have refused a slice of eagle if it had been offered to him where he stood.
Another possibility was that Hardy had hidden the will away, but this seemed rather unlikely.
My own argument I have not read for many years, but it is not unlikely that it contains as much ingenuity as can be found in any argument that I have ever made.
If we followed him he would probably take us slowly to the Garden of the Luxembourg, where it was very unlikely that any one would greet him.
However, it was highly unlikely I would have a chance to use the rifle, which is an awkward weapon at close quarters when surrounded.
She might have gone away, though it seemed unlikely, or it was not impossible that she might have been taken suddenly ill and was unable to come to the door.
That some tributary or branch joins the river from the opposite bank, at or near the sweep it describes round the hill, is not unlikely.
It is not unlikely that house rent was one of the items.
My mind turns to all the most unlikely people, and I see each of them lying white and rigid as poor Austin does in the yard.
Ethelrida was twenty-six yesterday, and she is a young woman of strong and steady character, unlikely to be influenced by any foolish emotion.
Straining that particular qualification and not having that measure in meaning meaner pressure is so unlikely that there is no dispute.
But, since that is not to be, do not blame me if I arrange so that it will be unlikely that two such cold friends as you and myself will ever meet again.
It is very unlikely that any one could have burnt it.
It is not unlikely that Douglas may have been reassured on this point by some communication from Lincoln himself.
It is unlikely that stone tools would play such a considerable role in the late bronze or the iron age.
The last supposition is particularly unlikely, as it would involve the modification of a burial custom by foreign influence.
Then he said something in behalf of Columbus himself, and the queen was not unlikely to know well the bearing of a great man.

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