improbablyadv.

/ɪmˈprɒbəbli/

Etymology: < improbable adj. + -ly suffix².

In an improbable manner; without likelihood. Usually qualifying the statement as a whole, and denoting that it is not likely to be true; now chiefly in not improbably, an expression for ‘with more or less probability’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adverb]

unlikelyc1449

incrediblyc1500

unlike1548

not unprobably1581

improbably1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 229 That he lived and writ in these parts, is not improbably collected from the Epistles that passed betwixt him and Artaxerxes.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iii. 102 Dioneth an imaginary King of Britain, or Duke of Cornwall, who improbablie sided with them against his own Countrie.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 503 He speaks very improbably.

a1808 R. Hurd Prophecies App. (R.) A few years more may, not improbably, leave him without one admirer.

1899 N.E.D. at Improbably Mod. He is coming to Oxford soon, and may not improbably call on me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	improbably
释义	improbablyadv. /ɪmˈprɒbəbli/ Etymology: < improbable adj. + -ly suffix². In an improbable manner; without likelihood. Usually qualifying the statement as a whole, and denoting that it is not likely to be true; now chiefly in not improbably, an expression for ‘with more or less probability’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adverb] unlikelyc1449 incrediblyc1500 unlike1548 not unprobably1581 improbably1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 229 That he lived and writ in these parts, is not improbably collected from the Epistles that passed betwixt him and Artaxerxes. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iii. 102 Dioneth an imaginary King of Britain, or Duke of Cornwall, who improbablie sided with them against his own Countrie. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 503 He speaks very improbably. a1808 R. Hurd Prophecies App. (R.) A few years more may, not improbably, leave him without one admirer. 1899 N.E.D. at Improbably Mod. He is coming to Oxford soon, and may not improbably call on me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adv.1646
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