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Hi guys, I wanted to check if there exists a word which means the phrase "against all odds". Can you please help me if we have a word for this in english language? if not in any other language?
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"Unlikely" is not quite strong enough but "improbable" might do.
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There are some options here, also.
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It might help if we had some context. Typically "against all odds" is used in a context that implies that there was success anyway. All these so-called synonyms leave out that aspect.
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Ran welcome
Long shot, no way, far fetched, unimaginable, implausible
Probably you've already been there, but if not
http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=unlikely+happening
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You need an adverb.
If whatever occurred was really against ALL odds, it must have happened miraculously, no?
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