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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
likely/ˈlʌɪkli/

▶adjective (likelier, likeliest)

1 such as well might happen or be true.

2 promising.

▶adverb probably.

– phrases
a likely story! used to express disbelief.
as likely as not probably.
not likely! informal certainly not.

– derivatives
likeliness noun.

– origin ME: from ON líkligr, from líkr (see like1).

'likely' also found in these Oxford entries:

abyss - addictive - ante-post - apple - bid - breach - bruising - calculated - can - candidate - card - cat - clean-up - cloud - come - comer - contagious - contentious - controversial - criminogenic - dangerous - Down's syndrome - edifying - emotive - enviable - -ess - estimate - exobiology - exoteric - expect - explosive - fair - fancy - favourite - feasible - firm - fixed assets - fomites - forgetful - future - harmful - harmless - heir apparent - hit - hopeful - horrible - hunting ground - implication - improbable - inadvisable

Forum discussions with the word(s) "likely" in the title:

..... more likely to be remembered
"..are such that confusion as to origin is likely"
"Liable" in meaning of "likely"
1,000 cases are likely to be part of
50 percent more likely
A large number of genes...are the most likely scenario
A man so clever as he is not likely to do such a thing
about half as likely
and likely to
apt,liable,likely,inclined,prone
are likey to vs. are likely -ing
as likely as
as likely... as/ than
as sober as they were likely to be without having slept
assess whether you are likely ['whether' without 'or'?]
be likely to
Be likely to
be likely to, be bound to, be to,...
be more likely to be / more likely be
certainly possible but not likely
chance/possible/likely
correct use of 'less likely...'
deserves = is most likely
Difference between "is likely to", "will probably", "might"
He is likely to have done it=?He probably did (has done it)
He is more likely to get it.
he was not likely to be proof against
How likely
How likely
I am more likely to
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