Likelihood \Like"li*hood\ (-l[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [Likely + -hood.]

1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.]

What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ? --Shak.

2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.]

There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. --Sir W. Raleigh.

3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)