Dictionary Entry
likely
likely is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.
- 2adjective
Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
- 3adjective
Similar; like; alike.
- 4adjective
Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.
- 5adjective
Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
- 6adverb
In all probability; probably.
- 7adjective
within the realm of credibility
"not a very likely excuse"
- 8adjective
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"
- 9adjective
likely but not certain to be or become true or real
"a likely result"
"he foresaw a probable loss"
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- 10adjective
expected to become or be; in prospect
"potential clients"
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- 11adverb
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
"He is probably out of the country"
"in all likelihood we are headed for war"
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