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Farfetched

Brought from far, or from a remote place.

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Implausible 84% connected

Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.

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Implausible 84% connected

Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.

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Unlikely 84% connected

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

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Unlikely 84% connected

Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

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At times adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Believably adverb · 78% connection

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

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Broadly speaking adverb · 78% connection

without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"

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By and large adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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Caveat noun · 78% connection

(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against th…

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Close to adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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From time to time adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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In all likelihood adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In all probability adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In part adverb · 78% connection

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

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Just about adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Limit noun · 78% connection

the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly wit…

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More often than not adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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More or less adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Now and again adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Now and then adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Obviously adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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On occasion adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Abstruse adjective · 78% connection

Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.

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Antitropous adjective · 78% connection

At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.

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Atavic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

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Atavism noun · 78% connection

The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remot…

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Back noun · 78% connection

The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as…

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Born verb · 78% connection

Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.

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Cater-cousin noun · 78% connection

A remote relation. See Quater-cousin.

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Child noun · 78% connection

A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

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Client program noun · 78% connection

any software program that runs on a user's local computer and accesses data stored on a remote computer.; "Your Web browser is a clien…

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Coeval noun · 78% connection

Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.

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Corner noun · 78% connection

A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

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Displace verb · 78% connection

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in…

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