Usually means: Unlikely to happen; against odds.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word improbably:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. improbably: Merriam-Webster
  2. improbably: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. improbably: Collins English Dictionary
  4. improbably: Vocabulary.com
  5. Improbably, improbably: Wordnik
  6. improbably: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. improbably: Wiktionary
  8. improbably: Dictionary.com
  9. improbably: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. improbably: Rhymezone
  11. improbably: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. improbably: FreeDictionary.org
  13. improbably: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. improbably: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. improbably: Legal dictionary

(Note: See improbable as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (improbably)

▸ adverb:  In an improbable manner; without probability.

Similar:
unbelievably, implausibly, incredibly, unlikely, impossibly, unplausibly, imponderably, improvably, impracticably, imaginably, more...

Opposite:
likely, probable, certain, plausible

Types:
unlikely, unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, unbelievable, more...

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Similar:
unbelievably, implausibly, incredibly, unlikely, impossibly, unplausibly, imponderably, improvably, impracticably, imaginably, more...

Opposite:
likely, probable, certain, plausible

Types:
unlikely, unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, unbelievable, more...



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