improbably

/ɪmˈprɑbəbli/
adverb
  1. 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.
  2. 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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