likely

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  1. adjective Possessing or displaying the qualities or characteristics that make something probable: They are likely to become angry with him.
  2. adjective Within the realm of credibility; plausible: not a very likely excuse.
  3. adjective Apparently appropriate or suitable: There were several likely candidates for the job.
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  • Moms: Choosing whether to vaccinate Forum topic: While the economy likely will be the overall theme in this year's state Legislature, what other topic should be the priority? —  coloradoan.com - Local News
  • Globalists are "salivating" over the possibility of a Constitutional Convention at which issues such as the 2nd Amendment could handily be dismissed, according to a leader who warns Virginia likely is the next target for the drive. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • Board member Sue Forbes Watson said this likely is the toughest budget process she has ever seen. —  News for Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • But he sees a rough few years ahead -- trouble that likely translates into further layoffs for Boeing workers. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • Voluntary agencies such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army likely will be there as well, Chabel said. —  The Facts: News
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real ·  probable ·  possible ·  reasonable ·  nice

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likely:   likelier ·  likeliest
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  1. Middle English likly, from Old English gelīclīc (from gelīc, similar) and from Old Norse līkligr (from līkr, similar); see līk- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English likli; by apheresis for *ilikli, from Anglo-Saxon gelīclīc, likely, apt, from gelīc, like: see like, a., and -ly.
  2. from likely, adjective
 

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