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unlikely

Today it means: Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected. Full definition →

Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli

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Middle English · inherited fromunlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli
English todayunlikely

From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likely.

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