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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Improbable \Im*prob"a*ble\, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not +
   probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See {Probable}.]
   Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under
   the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an
   improbable story or event.

         He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an
         improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.
                                                  --Milton.
   -- {Im*prob"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im*prob"a*bly}, adv.

Source : WordNet®

improbably
     adv : not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge to
           the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish
           mountains" [syn: {incredibly}, {implausibly}, {unbelievably}]
           [ant: {believably}, {credibly}]
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