Uncertainly vs Unlikely - What's the difference?
uncertainly | unlikely |
In an uncertain manner.
* 1990 , "Grant Naylor, Better Than Life
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
Something or somebody considered unlikely.
* 1980 , Robert K. Lindsay, Applications of artificial intelligence for organic chemistry
* 1996 , Laurie R. King, To Play the Fool
* 2001 , Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marci Shimoff, Chicken soup for the mother's soul 2 (page 166)
As adverbs the difference between uncertainly and unlikely
is that uncertainly is in an uncertain manner while unlikely is in an improbable manner.As an adjective unlikely is
not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.As a noun unlikely is
something or somebody considered unlikely.uncertainly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- "No — don't you get it?" said Rimmer.
"Get what?" said Kryten, uncertainly .
Antonyms
* certainlyunlikely
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- It's very unlikely that you'll be able to walk perfectly after being in a cast for six months.
- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor.
- unlikely means
Noun
(unlikelies)- The molecular ion candidates are divided by the testing phase into three categories: rejects, unlikelies , and probables. Differences between each candidate and the prominent peaks in the spectrum are computed.
- "Here is my every possible phone number, plus a few unlikelies . And I've also put down the numbers of Karin and Wade, in case you've lost them. Karin can come anytime; Wade, up until six in the morning."
- Then the most unlikely of unlikelies happened. We got another phone call. Another woman wanted to give us a baby—a boy, born just that morning. We walked into a hospital, and he was placed into my arms.