LIKELY
\lˈa͡ɪkli], \lˈaɪkli], \l_ˈaɪ_k_l_i]\
Definitions of LIKELY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Similar; like; alike.
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Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.
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Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
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In all probability; probably.
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Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; - followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
By Oddity Software
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Similar; like; alike.
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Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.
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Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
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In all probability; probably.
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Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; - followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Probably.
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Like the thing required: oredible: probable: having reason to expect.
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That may be liked: pleasing.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
