Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unlikely
IPA transcription: [ənl'aɪkli]
Pronunciations of unlikely
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: improbable, unlikely
    Meaning: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
  • Synonyms: unlikely
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • 'There are many things more unlikely, I should say,' replied Mr. Bell.
  • In the first place, my grandmother is very ill, and unlikely to last another couple of days.
  • Again and again he went over the same ground, trying to find some lurking circumstance, no matter how unlikely in its nature, which should explain and justify Margaret's conduct.
  • Its westward port may be Bordeaux or Milford Haven, or even some port in the south-west of Ireland--unless, which is very unlikely, the velocity of secure sea-travel can be increased beyond that of land locomotion.
  • It was altogether unlikely. Still, he would test him: he would ask for further explanations concerning some of the perturbations which he himself had specially noticed, and see if Mr. Adams could explain these also by his hypothesis.
  • But, even if the cards should be superseded, which seems unlikely, there are unruly powers blowing life into storms, disordering sedulous mornings, and uprooting the stability of the afternoon--dressmakers, that is to say, and confectioners' shops.
  • If he were not discharged, it is very unlikely that he could receive any further punishment than being committed to prison as a rogue and vagabond; and of course ever afterwards his mouth would be so obstinately closed that he might as well, for our purposes, be deaf, dumb, blind, and an idiot.'
  • If you wish to feed the people, you may think that feeding them miraculously in the wilderness is impossible--but you cannot think it illiberal. If you really want poor children to go to the seaside, you cannot think it illiberal that they should go there on flying dragons; you can only think it unlikely.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Space elevator, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Prisoner's dilemma, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Grim Fandango, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Limerence, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Stuttering, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Saint Peter, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Myst, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William the Conqueror, License CC BY-SA 4.0