adv
Meaning 1
In an improbable manner; without probability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
improbably
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R AA1 B AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
not easy to believe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incredibly, implausibly, unbelievably
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English improbable Middle English -ly English -ly English improbably From improbable + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: improbablement — in an improbable manner
- Czech: nepravděpodobně — in an improbable manner
- French: invraisemblablement — in an improbable manner
- French: improbablement — in an improbable manner
- German: unwahrscheinlich — in an improbable manner
- Italian: in modo improbabile — in an improbable manner
- Polish: nieprawdopodobnie — in an improbable manner
- Portuguese: improvavelmente — in an improbable manner
- Spanish: improbablemente — in an improbable manner
- Volapük: neluveratiko — in an improbable manner