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Etymology
Etymology tree English improbable Middle English -ly English -ly English improbably From improbable + -ly.
Meanings
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In an improbable manner; without probability.
[…]and two enormous Scottish poems, the Buik of Alexander, which has been improbably ascribed to Barbour, and Sir Gilbert Hay's Buik of Alexander the Conquerour; one nearly complete Prose Life of Alexander and fragments of four others; a stanzaic translation of the Fuerres de Gadres which survives only in a fragment, the Romance of Cassamus, and three separate translations of the Secreta Secretorum.
2012, William Matthews, The Tragedy of Arthur, University of California Press, page 68:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more improbably | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most improbably | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (10)
ca improbablement (in an improbable manner) · it in modo improbabile (in an improbable manner) · pt improvavelmente (in an improbable manner) · cs nepravděpodobně (in an improbable manner) · vo neluveratiko (in an improbable manner) · pl nieprawdopodobnie (in an improbable manner) · es improbablemente (in an improbable manner) · de unwahrscheinlich (in an improbable manner) · fr improbablement (in an improbable manner) · fr invraisemblablement (in an improbable manner)