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likely  (likelier comparative) (likeliest superlative )
1  adj You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation. 
oft it v-link ADJ that  (=probable)  (Antonym: unlikely)  Experts say a `yes' vote is still the likely outcome..., If this is your first baby, it's far more likely that you'll get to the hospital too early..., Francis thought it likely John still loved her.  
  Likely is also an adverb., adv ADV with cl/group  (=probably) 
Profit will most likely have risen by about £25 million..., Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.  
2  adj If someone or something is likely to  do a particular thing, they will very probably do it. 
v-link ADJ to-inf  (Antonym: unlikely)  In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue..., Once people have seen that something actually works, they are much more likely to accept change.  
3  adj A likely person, place, or thing is one that will probably be suitable for a particular purpose. 
ADJ n 
At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister..., We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target.  
4 You can say not likely as an emphatic way of saying `no', especially when someone asks you whether you are going to do something. 
INFORMAL 
♦ not likely  convention 
 (emphasis)   (=no way) 
`How about having a phone out here?'<emdash>`Not likely!'  



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