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improbably

improbably adverb: in an improbable manner; without probability.

Adverb

improbably (comparative more improbably, superlative most improbably)

  1. 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...2012, William Matthews, The Tragedy of Arthur, University of California Press, page 68

Antonyms of improbably

Forms of improbably

comparativemore improbably
superlativemost improbably

Origin of improbably

From improbable + -ly.

Questions about improbably

What does improbably mean?
Improbably means in an improbable manner; without probability.
What part of speech is improbably?
Improbably is an adverb.

Words near improbably in the dictionary

  1. impro
  2. improbabilities
  3. improbability
  4. improbable
  5. improbableness
  6. improbably
  7. improbate
  8. improbated
  9. improbates
  10. improbating
  11. improbation

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