"very like a whale" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From an exchange between Hamlet and Polonius (discussing the shape of a cloud) in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.",
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      "expansion": "very like a whale (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, page 541",
          "text": "'On your way to dine with Sir William Ayr, indeed! Very like a whale that, captain, but not quite so large, you understand!' the sergeant said jeeringly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Highly improbable; not to be believed."
      ],
      "id": "en-very_like_a_whale-en-adj-TalOeRpn",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "improbable",
          "improbable"
        ],
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, humorous) Highly improbable; not to be believed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "not-comparable",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "very like a whale"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From an exchange between Hamlet and Polonius (discussing the shape of a cloud) in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "very like a whale (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms first attested in Shakespeare",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, page 541",
          "text": "'On your way to dine with Sir William Ayr, indeed! Very like a whale that, captain, but not quite so large, you understand!' the sergeant said jeeringly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Highly improbable; not to be believed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "improbable",
          "improbable"
        ],
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, humorous) Highly improbable; not to be believed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "not-comparable",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "very like a whale"
}