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Not Very Likely

Definition: Not Very Likely

Not Very Likely

Adverb

1. (colloquial) very unlikely.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Not Very Likely

Synonym: in a pig's eye (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Not Very Likely

Specialty definitions using "not very likely": Extinct volcanoFarewellIncomplete Infinitive, INSURANCEscreen scraping. (references)

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Use in Literature: Not Very Likely

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

At her age she can have no experience, and with her little wit, is not very likely ever to have any that can avail her.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: Not Very Likely

Language Translations for "not very likely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

tuskin uskottavaa (scarcely credible). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otnay eryvay ikelylay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Not Very Likely

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-k-l-l-n-o-r-t-v-y-y"

-4 letters: violently.

-5 letters: entirely, keynoter, kryolite, lientery, lonelier, lorikeet, lovelier, ovenlike, overkill, overlent, reinvoke, velleity, volleyer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Not Very Likely


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 6F 74      56 65 72 79      4C 69 6B 65 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01010110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01001100 01101001 01101011 01100101 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#111 &#116 &#32 &#86 &#101 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#76 &#105 &#107 &#101 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 006F 0074      0056 0065 0072 0079      004C 0069 006B 0065 006C 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4881862567184912467577717891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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