Definitions
has little chance of being the case or coming about
Word origin
From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli, equivalent to un- + likely.
Used in a sentence
“It is pretty unlikely that you'll win, but I will pray that at least you do well.”
“In the highly unlikely event of landing in water, lifejackets are stored under the seat.”
“The Saturday evening Cardiff-West Wales mail train is still steam-worked, but a most unlikely locomotive used on May 23 was Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45250 (5A); it returned on May 25 with a train of steel billets.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Not probable”8 letters
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