unlikelily
unlikelily adverb: in an unlikely manner.
Adverb
unlikelily (comparative more unlikelily, superlative most unlikelily)
- In an unlikely manner.
- As a rule novelists who treat of these people have a bad habit of making them out to be hopelessly idiotic or unlikelily vicious.1908, The Academy, page 909
- He pictures Mr Bridges brooding most unlikelily on the career of Gabriele D’Annunzio (the aviator poet)[…]1922, The Cambridge Review, page 344
- Synonyms:
- unlikely
Examples of unlikelily in a sentence
- Is an ascendee a nominal which ascends (e.g. by Raising), or--unlikelily--one which is ascended?1980, Papers from the Regional Meeting, Chicago Linguistic Society, page 142:
- Wodehouse’s timeless world, to Bertie Wooster unlikelily compounded with Clarence Threepwood.2001, Ian Carter, Railways and Culture in Britain: The Epitome of Modernity (Studies in Popular Culture), Manchester University Press...
Synonyms of unlikelily
Forms of unlikelily
| comparative | more unlikelily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unlikelily |
Origin of unlikelily
From unlikely + -ly.
Questions about unlikelily
- What does unlikelily mean?
- Unlikelily means in an unlikely manner.
- How do you use unlikelily in a sentence?
- Is an ascendee a nominal which ascends (e.g. by Raising), or--unlikelily--one which is ascended?
- What part of speech is unlikelily?
- Unlikelily is an adverb.
Words near unlikelily in the dictionary
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