| 单词 | unlikely-sounding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunlikely-sounding Complementary, as unlikely-looking, unlikely-sounding, etc. ΚΠ 1652 N. Homes Plain Dealing iii. 32 The mercy of God to the Saints on Earth in this unlikely looking providence is..The manifestation of his might, power, and prudence to preserve. 1858 F. W. Faber Spiritual Conf. (1870) 131 Those vices of which the unlikeliest-looking souls are often the likeliest to be guilty. 1913 ‘J. Ayscough’ Prodigals & Sons (1914) 82 He had a genius for doing good business in rather out-of-the-way, unlikely-seeming places. 1998 F. N. Teague Bathsua Makin i. iv. 57 Robert Wood..held the unlikely-sounding position of keeper of the king's cormorants. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 14 June This bunch of unlikely looking, spandex-clad blokes from Barnsley. < as lemmas |
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