not likely
Adverb
Meaning
not likely
(idiomatic, informal) Absolutely not; under no circumstances; no way.
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Examples
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.
He who hunts two hares from one bush, is not likely to catch either.
He whose mother is naked is not likely to clothe his aunt.