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likely

[lahyk-lee] / ˈlaɪk li /
ADJECTIVE
probable, apt, hopeful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptable expected fair feasible inclined possible prone reasonable
WEAK
achievable anticipated assuring attainable believeable conceivable conjecturable credible destined disposed favorite given to imaginable in favor of in the cards in the habit of inferable liable odds-on on the verge of ostensible plausible practicable predisposed presumable promising rational seeming subject to supposable tending thinkable true up-and-coming verisimilar workable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
impossible unlikely unreasonable
WEAK
implausible inapt unforeseeable
ADVERB
probably
Synonyms
STRONGEST
presumably
WEAK
assumably doubtless doubtlessly in all likelihood in all probability like as not most likely no doubt presumptively prima facie seemingly to all appearances
Antonyms
WEAK
improbably unlikely

Example Sentences

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The race will likely end up a runoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Farmers have told the National Farmers Union they can't absorb the extra costs and food prices will likely have to rise as a result.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Earnings are likely to form the central plank of that view.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

For this calculation, it used the personal consumption expenditure or PCE index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, and compared likely prices in this year’s fourth quarter with those a year earlier.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Even if he did make it, he would not be near a town, so there weren’t likely to be any people to help him.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret