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It seems likely that most if not all the genetic information in any organism is carried by nucleic acid - usually by DNA, although certain small viruses use RNA as their genetic material.
Francis Crick

Meaning of "likely" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIKELY

From Old Norse līkligr.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LIKELY

likely  [ˈlaɪklɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIKELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Likely can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LIKELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Likely

Likely may refer to: ▪ Likely, British Columbia, Canada ▪ Likely, California, United States ▪ Likely McBrien, leading Australian rules football administrator in the Victorian Football League...

Definition of likely in the English dictionary

The first definition of likely in the dictionary is tending or inclined; apt. Other definition of likely is probable. Likely is also believable or feasible; plausible.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIKELY


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ˌælfəˈbɛtɪklɪ
analytically
ˌænəˈlɪtɪklɪ
automatically
ˌɔːtəˈmætɪklɪ
basically
ˈbeɪsɪklɪ
biologically
ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪklɪ
chronically
ˈkrɒnɪklɪ
classically
ˈklæsɪklɪ
clinically
ˈklɪnɪklɪ
critically
ˈkrɪtɪklɪ
cynically
ˈsɪnɪklɪ
dicycly
daɪˈsaɪklɪ
ecologically
ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪklɪ
electrically
ɪˈlɛktrɪklɪ
enthusiastically
ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪklɪ
ethically
ˈeθɪklɪ
manlikely
ˈmænˌlaɪklɪ
prickly
ˈprɪklɪ
publicly
ˈpʌblɪklɪ
quickly
ˈkwɪklɪ
unlikely
ʌnˈlaɪklɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIKELY

like sardines
like stink
like taking candy from a baby
like that
like the devil
like water off a duck´s back
like-for-like
like-minded
like-mindedly
like-mindedness
likeability
likeable
likeableness
likelihood
likeliness
liken
likeness
liker
likes
likewise

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIKELY

absolutely
approximately
barely
closely
completely
definitely
effectively
entirely
extremely
immediately
lonely
lovely
privately
relatively
respectively
safely
separately
solely
surely
unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of likely in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIKELY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «likely» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of likely

Translation of «likely» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIKELY

Find out the translation of likely to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of likely from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «likely» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

很可能的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

probable
570 millions of speakers

English

likely
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संभावना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُحْتَمَلٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возможный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

provável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্ভবত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

probable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mungkin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wahrscheinlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・しそうな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

있을 법한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamungkinan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thể xảy ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாய்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कदाचित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhtemelen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

probabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawdopodobny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ймовірний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

probabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιθανός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarskynlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sannolik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sannsynlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of likely

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKELY»

The term «likely» is very widely used and occupies the 2.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKELY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «likely» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «likely» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about likely

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10 QUOTES WITH «LIKELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word likely.
1
Ryan Adams
Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.
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Michael Badnarik
The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like.
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Justin Baldoni
I never realized it until I watched an interview, but sometimes my brain stutters between thoughts, and for some reason it comes out as an 'ummmm.' I'm hoping it's because I'm so smart, and there's just too much information to process, but it's more than likely just because it's a small processor.
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Charles D. Broad
Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.
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Tina Brown
The 2008 financial crisis is usually attributed to vampire squid greed. There was certainly a lot of that. But it was also just as likely to have been caused by the chaos of process created by those big, sexy bank mergers when, in the name of 'economies of scale,' critical members of the trust and responsibility chain were cavalierly eliminated.
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Ginny Brown-Waite
First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men.
7
Kate Bush
I'm the shyest megalomaniac you're ever likely to meet.
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Tom Clancy
Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.
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Francis Crick
It seems likely that most if not all the genetic information in any organism is carried by nucleic acid - usually by DNA, although certain small viruses use RNA as their genetic material.
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Andrew Davies
'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKELY»

Discover the use of likely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to likely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Girl Most Likely: A Novel
When you were 17, what did you think your life would be like when you hit 27? At 17, Rachel Hill was the girl most likely to succeed.
Rebecca Sparrow, 2003
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USMLE Examination Flashcards: The 200 "Most Likely ...
To practice medicine in the United States, medical students are required to take and pass the 3-part United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
Conrad Fischer, 2009
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How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?
Annotation This work reviews the various scientific issues that arise in considering the question of how common extraterrestrial life is likely to be in our galaxy and whether humans are likely to detect it.
J. Woods Halley, 2012
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Likely: Poems
A collection of poems from the winner of the 1995 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize and a former resident poet of Bucknell University in the US.
Lisa Coffman, 1996
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The 250 Job Interview Questions: You'll Most Likely Be ...
By following the advice of prominent career planning and human resource expert Peter Veruki, you'll know you have the right answers at your job interview.
Peter Veruki, 1999
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Likely to Die
Gemma Dogen was found in her own office in a New York hospital sexually assaulted, soaked in her own blood and considered likely to die before she can be moved to the emergency room.
Linda Fairstein, 2011
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A likely story: the writing life
Throughout this chronicle, he toys ironically with the notion that he ceases to be himself when he writes, that writing allows him to escape from the confines of self into exciting varieties of the essay, story and poem.A Likely Story ...
Robert Kroetsch, 1995
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Learning in Likely Places: Varieties of Apprenticeship in Japan
In this collection of nineteen case studies, edited by John Singleton, the contributors describe the transferral of knowledge and practice within particular communities of Japanese artisans, workers, artists, musicians, and professionals.
John Singleton, 1998
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Girl Most Likely To
Wren doesn't feel like the girl most likely to end up living happily ever after.
Barbara Elsborg, 2012
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The Least Likely Bride
And look for my next novel, The Window's Kiss, in early 2001-- in which my heroine has been widowed not less than four times! From the Paperback edition.
Jane Feather, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term likely is used in the context of the following news items.
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Truck driver likely to face upgraded charges in crash that … - Fox News
Romeo is likely to face upgraded charges when he appears in Southold Town Court on Friday, Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
The vix volatility index suggests market gains are 'very likely'
This indicator suggests more gains are 'very likely' ... "It's very likely stock gains are going to continue, and the VIX is going to continue to go ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
3
The White Sox likely to shop Jeff Samardzija, but won't do a major …
Rosenthal adds, however, that the Sox are not likely to do a wholesale tear-down which involves crazy things like shopping Chris Sale or Jose ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Lawyer: Post reporter's next hearing in Iran likely the last - Yahoo …
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The lawyer of a Washington Post journalist detained in Iran said Monday that the next hearing in his espionage trial likely ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
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Mensching: Not likely Porcello would have helped sad Tigers
Mensching: Not likely Porcello would have helped sad Tigers. Kurt Mensching, Special to The Detroit News 10:35 a.m. EDT July 20, 2015. Toronto Blue Jays v ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
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Self-proclaimed 'experts' more likely to fall for made-up facts, study …
In a new study, researchers found that self-proclaimed "experts" in a topic were more likely than others to profess knowledge of terms that were ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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German Economic Growth Likely Picked Up, Says Bundesbank …
FRANKFURT—Economic growth in Germany, Europe's largest economy, likely picked up in the second quarter, the country's central bank said ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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MLB trade rumors: Why Cole Hamels to Yankees looks even less likely
Maybe it's time to give up on the Cole Hamels-to-the-Yankees idea. The Yankees weren't among the teams CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reported ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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German economy likely grew by around 0.3 percent in second …
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy likely grew by around 0.3 percent in the second quarter, the finance ministry said on Monday, adding ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
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Report: Nuggets likely to waive or trade Pablo Prigioni : Fantasy News
Denver will likely trade or waive Prigioni on Monday. If he's no longer on the team by the end of the day, the Nuggets only owe him $440,000, ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

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