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Synonyms for improbably


Grammar : Adv
Spell : im-prob-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɒb ə bəl



Définition of improbably

Origin :
  • 1590s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + probable, or else from Latin improbabilis. Related: Improbably.
  • As in unbelievably : adv incredibly
Example sentences :
  • Not improbably, the public may yet be gratified with this collection.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Still, Eirek's Paradise may not improbably have been Ceylon.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • Trafford, not improbably, ruling some rajah's kingdom in the far East.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • It will be my duty to write to him in a few days, and not improbably with the same result.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • There would have been a scene, of course; and she, not improbably, might have told her father.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • I was born in a garret, and I shall not improbably die upon the gallows.
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: France » by Various
  • We may not improbably find a delight in statistics; there must be a hidden charm in them.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Interviews » by W. D. Howells
  • Could the gallant defenders have maintained themselves for a few more weeks, they might not improbably have triumphed.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire » by George Rawlinson
  • Not improbably, he had never before viewed himself as he did now.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Letter » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Which, however, may not improbably have been suggested to him by the Queen.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook

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