- Far-fetched - Improbable - Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected;
as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. - Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
unpromising; as, unlikely means. - Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive;
disagreeable. - In an unlikely manner.
- The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of
asserting right or title. - A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or
assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain
character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
- The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the
form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; --
sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved
under the platen.