英语词汇“not unlikely”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

In a way that seems unlikely to prove true; improbably; implausibly. Formerly frequently in not unlikely, used by litotes to mean ‘probably’.Chiefly parenthetically or as a sentence adverb.

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

unlikelyc1449

incrediblyc1500

unlike1548

not unprobably1581

improbably1646

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 361 The oon bifore seid epistle putt and ascryued vnlikeli to Constantyn.

1581 C. Thimelthorpe Short Inuentory Certayne Idle Inuentions f. 4^v Whose lot soeuer, it is to tread y^e world do not vnlikely stumble oftentymes vpon many such (though lost and cast away) pleasant and sweete flowers.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 43 Some haue saide Esterling money to take that name of a starre..and other (more vnlikely) of being coyned at Siriuelin or Starling, a towne in Scotland.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 29 He may fall not unlikely sometimes..into an uncouth opinion.

1689 R. Hogarth Gazophylacium Anglicanum Mash for an Horse, not unlikely from the Teut. Mischen.

1716 A. Pope Corr. 10 Feb. (1956) I. 330 The pleasures..must undoubtedly be of a nobler kind, and (not unlikely) may proceed from the Discoveries each shall communicate to another, of God and of Nature.

1830 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 199 This provides also (most unlikely) in case of his half-craziness again becoming whole-craziness.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 298 The church..may, not unlikely, have been raised..to commemorate the event.

1895 J. Hennessy Let. 13 May in B. Corr Souvenir Golden Jubilee J. J. Williams 61 I feel now that..the journey to Boston and thence to Chicago without hardly any interruption would, not unlikely, unfit me to redeem my promise to the Vincentians.

1916 Current Opinion Oct. 289/1 The officers..found it [sc. the trench] destroyed by our bombardment so that we would unlikely be able to get it ready before the enemy attacked.

1980 Church Times 4 Jan. 10 A general moratorium on discussions which are unlikely going to get anywhere.

2014 B. Campbell in P. Sillitoe Sustainable Devel. iii. ix. 197 A network that will unlikely be visible to those in whose hands its fate lies.

单词	not unlikely
释义	> as lemmas not unlikely In a way that seems unlikely to prove true; improbably; implausibly. Formerly frequently in not unlikely, used by litotes to mean ‘probably’.Chiefly parenthetically or as a sentence adverb. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adverb] unlikelyc1449 incrediblyc1500 unlike1548 not unprobably1581 improbably1646 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 361 The oon bifore seid epistle putt and ascryued vnlikeli to Constantyn. 1581 C. Thimelthorpe Short Inuentory Certayne Idle Inuentions f. 4^v Whose lot soeuer, it is to tread y^e world do not vnlikely stumble oftentymes vpon many such (though lost and cast away) pleasant and sweete flowers. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 43 Some haue saide Esterling money to take that name of a starre..and other (more vnlikely) of being coyned at Siriuelin or Starling, a towne in Scotland. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 29 He may fall not unlikely sometimes..into an uncouth opinion. 1689 R. Hogarth Gazophylacium Anglicanum Mash for an Horse, not unlikely from the Teut. Mischen. 1716 A. Pope Corr. 10 Feb. (1956) I. 330 The pleasures..must undoubtedly be of a nobler kind, and (not unlikely) may proceed from the Discoveries each shall communicate to another, of God and of Nature. 1830 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 199 This provides also (most unlikely) in case of his half-craziness again becoming whole-craziness. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 298 The church..may, not unlikely, have been raised..to commemorate the event. 1895 J. Hennessy Let. 13 May in B. Corr Souvenir Golden Jubilee J. J. Williams 61 I feel now that..the journey to Boston and thence to Chicago without hardly any interruption would, not unlikely, unfit me to redeem my promise to the Vincentians. 1916 Current Opinion Oct. 289/1 The officers..found it [sc. the trench] destroyed by our bombardment so that we would unlikely be able to get it ready before the enemy attacked. 1980 Church Times 4 Jan. 10 A general moratorium on discussions which are unlikely going to get anywhere. 2014 B. Campbell in P. Sillitoe Sustainable Devel. iii. ix. 197 A network that will unlikely be visible to those in whose hands its fate lies. extracted from unlikelyadv. < as lemmas
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