Meanings
comparative more improbably · superlative most improbably
- In an improbable manner; without probability.
1 more example
[…]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 only in a fragment, the Romance of Cassamus, and three separate translations of the Secreta Secretorum.
2012, William Matthews, The Tragedy of Arthur, University of California Press, page 68
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbnot easy to believe
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan improbablement
- improbablementin an improbable manner
Czech nepravděpodobně
- nepravděpodobněin an improbable manner
French invraisemblablement, improbablement
- invraisemblablementin an improbable manner
- improbablementin an improbable manner
German unwahrscheinlich
- unwahrscheinlichin an improbable manner
Italian in modo improbabile
- in modo improbabilein an improbable manner
Polish nieprawdopodobnie
- nieprawdopodobniein an improbable manner
Portuguese improvavelmente
- improvavelmentein an improbable manner
Spanish improbablemente
- improbablementein an improbable manner
Cite this entry
improbably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improbably
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