English Online Dictionary. What means unlikely? What does unlikely mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli, equivalent to un- + likely.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈlaɪkli/
Adjective
unlikely (comparative unlikelier or more unlikely, superlative unlikeliest or most unlikely)
- Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
- Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
Translations
Adverb
unlikely (comparative more unlikely, superlative most unlikely)
- In an improbable manner.
Translations
Noun
unlikely (plural unlikelies)
- Something or somebody considered unlikely.
References
- “unlikely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “unlikely”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.