有りそう

ありそう
probable

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ありそう【有りそう】

～な probable; likely.

●ありそうなこと a probability; a likely thing (to happen)

・…は大いにありそうなことだ. It is quite probable that…. | There is a very good chance that…. | It is a safe bet that….

・ありそうな話だ. That's a likely story. | 《米》 《口》 That figures!

・ありそうで(,)ない ⇒ない

・ありそうもない improbable; unlikely

・そんなことはまずありそうもない. There is little chance of that happening. | There is almost no possibility of that.

・ちょっとありそうもない. The odds are against that. | That's unlikely.

・ありそうもないこと an improbability; an unlikely thing (to happen)

・ありそうもない話 an unlikely [implausible] story; 〔ほら話〕 a tall tale.