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Likely
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What's The Definition Of Likely?
[adv] with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
[adj] within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse"; "a plausible story" [adj] has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job" [adj] likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss" [adj] expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"; "expected income" Synonyms | Synonyms for Likely: apt(p) | believable | belike | credible | equiprobable | expected | in all likelihood | in all probability | liable(p) | plausible | potential | presumed(a) | presumptive | probable | probably | promising | prospective | verisimilar Related Terms | Find terms related to Likely: a propos | able | acceptable | ad rem | adapted | advantageous | advisable | agreeable | amply endowed | applicable | apposite | appropriate | apropos | apt | apt to | assumably | becoming | befitting | bent | bonny | braw | built | built for comfort | buxom | by all odds | callipygian | callipygous | cogitable | comely | conceivable | conceivably possible | congruous | contingent | convenient | couleur de rose | credible | curvaceous | curvy | decent | desirable | disposed | disposed to | dispositioned | dollars to doughnuts | doubtless | doubtlessly | dovetailing | earthly | encouraging | expected | expedient | fair | favorable | favored | favorite | feasible | felicitous | fit | fitted | fitten | fitting | foreseeable | fructuous | geared | given | goddess-like | good | good-looking | goodly | happy | hopeful | humanly possible | imaginable | in all likelihood | in all probability | in the cards | in the mood | inclined | inclined to | indubitably | Junoesque | just right | liable | liable to | like enough | lovely to behold | meet | meshing | minded | mortal | most likely | no doubt | odds-on | on the button | opportune | pat | personable | plausible | pleasing | pneumatic | politic | possible | potential | predictable | predictable within limits | predisposed | presentable | presumable | presumably | presumptive | presumptively | probable | probably | profitable | promising | prone | proper | qualified | reasonable | recommendable | relevant | right | roseate | rose-colored | rosy | seasonable | seemly | shapely | sightly | slender | sortable | stacked | statistically probable | statuesque | suitable | suited | suiting | tailored | ten to one | tenable | thinkable | timely | to be desired | to the point | to the purpose | undoubtedly | useful | verisimilar | very like | very likely | well-built | well-favored | well-formed | well-made | well-proportioned | well-shaped | well-stacked | well-timed | wise | worthwhile See Also | possible Likely In Webster's Dictionary \Like"ly\, a. [Compar. {Likelier} (l[imac]k"l[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. {Likeliest}.] [That is, like-like. See {Like}, a.]
1. Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.
It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy
and conspicuous. --Johnson.
2. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; --
followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
3. Similar; like; alike. [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable;
handsome. --Shak. Milton.
5. Having such qualities as make success probable; well
adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a
likely servant.
\Like"ly\, adv. In all probability; probably. While man was innocent he was likely ignorant of nothing that imported him to know. --Glanvill. |
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