improbable
adjective
not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen.
improbably
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a word derived from
improbable.
Example Sentences
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Michael O’Conner, meanwhile, joined Catholic University of Washington, somewhat improbably, by way of Newark, N.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Morris, who’d flown in from New York after attending her pal Taylor Swift’s wedding on Friday night, made an improbably smooth segue between her and Zedd’s synthed-up “The Middle” and the rustic “My Church.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Next to an upside-down garbage can improbably sprouting legs and a head and tinnily broadcasting “God Bless America” is a figure group modeled on the famous image of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Platner, 41 years old, has improbably become the Democratic Party’s presumed nominee in one of its most important Senate elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
One group, known as the Neptunists, was convinced that everything on Earth, including seashells in improbably lofty places, could be explained by rising and falling sea levels.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
