improbably

/ˌɪmpɹˈɑbəbli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

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"[…]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."

Etymology tree English improbable Middle English -ly English -ly English improbably From improbable + -ly.

more improbably (comparative) most improbably (superlative)

probably

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How do you pronounce improbably?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪmpɹˈɑbəbli/.

What does improbably mean?

In an improbable manner; without probability.

Where does improbably come from?

Etymology tree English improbable Middle English -ly English -ly English improbably From improbable + -ly.

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