Meaning & use
Improbably
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In a way that is unlikely to happen or be true; against expectation.
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The underdog team improbably won the championship.
Improbably, the lost letter arrived at its destination fifty years late.
A note on using this word
Often placed at the start of a sentence for dramatic emphasis, as in "Improbably, she survived the fall."
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predictablyexpectedly
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