NOT LIKELY meaning: Probability low, but not impossible - OneLook

Usually means: Probability low, but not impossible.

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not likely: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
not likely: Merriam-Webster
not likely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
not likely: Wiktionary
not likely: Dictionary.com

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Not likely: Idioms

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not likely: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (not likely)

▸ adverb: (idiomatic, informal) Absolutely not; under no circumstances; no way.

Similar:

not a chance, not on your life, nohow, no way Jose, never in a million years, no way, hardly, not by any means, not in a million years, far from, more...

Opposite:

probable, possible, plausible, feasible

Types:

unlikely, improbable, doubtful, questionable, uncertain, dubious, far-fetched, implausible, incredible, more...

Phrases:

not very likely, not likely to harm, not likely to happen, not likely to change, not likely to miss much, more...

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Similar:

not a chance, not on your life, nohow, no way Jose, never in a million years, no way, hardly, not by any means, not in a million years, far from, more...

Opposite:

probable, possible, plausible, feasible

Types:

unlikely, improbable, doubtful, questionable, uncertain, dubious, far-fetched, implausible, incredible, more...

Phrases:

not very likely, not likely to harm, not likely to happen, not likely to change, not likely to miss much, folks not likely to use social media, not likely to, not that likely, not likely for this object, more...

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