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UNLIKELY

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unlikely adjectiv

puţin probabil, improbabil; neverosimil;

most unlikely foarte puţin probabil;

it's not (at all) unlikely that nu e deloc imposibil să, s-ar prea putea să;

not unlikely! (e) foarte posibil! tot ce se poate!

he's the most unlikely man to do such a thing e ultimul om care să facă aşa ceva, e cel mai puţin potrivit pentru aşa ceva;

I found my cuff-links in a most unlikely place mi-am găsit butonii (într-un loc) unde nici nu mă aşteptam, era ultimul loc unde mă aşteptam să-mi găsesc butonii.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

But, of the three, he is perhaps the least unlikely.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was most unlikely, therefore, that he should ever want his father's assistance.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Your uncle, I am sorry to say, is now on a sick bed; from which, considering the nature of his disease—decline—and the stage it has reached, it is unlikely he will ever rise.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Dear me! Supposing then, for instance—any unlikely thing will do for a supposition—that you and your mother were to have a serious quarrel.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I told him he had taken a very unlikely way to prevail upon me; for, of all things in the world, I hated fine speeches and compliments; and so—and so then I found there would be no peace if I did not stand up.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unlikely to be Lady Catherine, and under that apprehension was putting away her half-finished letter that she might escape all impertinent questions, when the door opened, and, to her very great surprise, Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy only, entered the room.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Elinor could hardly believe this to be true, as it seemed very unlikely that Willoughby should propose, or Marianne consent, to enter the house while Mrs. Smith was in it, with whom Marianne had not the smallest acquaintance.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I think it very unlikely.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I thought it not unlikely.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In my mind I set it down as an impossible performance, save in the unlikely case that she had a second pair of glasses.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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