improbably

1. 1.

   not easy to believe

   “incredibly, she survived the crash”

   Synonymsincrediblyimplausiblyunbelievably

Questions about improbably

What does improbably mean?

improbably means "not easy to believe".

How many syllables are in improbably?

improbably has 4 syllables: im-pro-ba-bly. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹɑbəbli/.

What is another word for improbably?

Close synonyms include incredibly, implausibly, unbelievably. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is improbably a common word?

improbably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.