improbably
/ɪmˈprɑbəbli/
adverb
- In a way that is not likely to happen or be true; unlikely.
- The team improbably won the championship after losing every game in the first half of the season.
- She improbably found her lost ring in the garden, buried under a pile of leaves.
- It was improbably warm for December, so we decided to have a picnic in the park.
- Used to describe something that is surprising because it seems unlikely or hard to believe.
- Improbably, the old car started on the first try after sitting in the garage for ten years.
- He improbably became a famous chef even though he had never cooked before moving to Paris.
- The two strangers improbably discovered they had grown up in the same small town.
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