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likely   (TTS Sound)

The adj likely has 4 senses

• likely -- (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")


• probable, likely -- (likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss")


• likely, potential -- (expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients")


• likely -- (within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse")

The adv likely has 1 sense

• probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike -- (with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war")