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likely I. adjectiv

1. probabil, verosimil;

a likely story o poveste verosimilă;

(fam.) that's a likely story! asta-i bună!;

it is likely enough pe cât se pare, se prea poate;

it is / seems likely that se pare că, probabil că;

it is more that likely e mai mult decât probabil;

it is very likely to happen e ceva foarte probabil, e foarte probabil să se întâmple;

it is likely to rain s-ar putea să plouă;

we are likely to have rain s-ar putea să avem ploaie;

he is likely to succeed are sorţi de izbândă, s-ar putea să reuşească;

is he likely to come? s-ar putea să vină? va veni oare?;

not likely de-abia, cu greu; improbabil;

he is not / hardly likely to succeed nu prea are sorţi de izbândă;

he is not likely to recover probabil că nu se va (mai) însănătoşi;

(fam.) he is not a very likely candidate e un candidat cu foarte puţine şanse.

2. potrivit, prielnic, favorabil, convenabil;

a likely man for that office un om potrivit pentru acest serviciu;

I asked every likely person for information am cerut informaţii tuturor persoanelor în stare să mi le furnizeze.

3. (amer. înv.) frumos, chipeş, bine făcut; trupeş;

a fine likely (-looking) lad un băiat frumos şi bine făcut;

likely horse cal frumos.

4. (rar) vrednic de stimă; amabil; primitor.

5. (înv) omogen, de aceeaşi natură.

likely II. adverb

probabil, verosimil, după cum se pare, pesemne;

most / very likely foarte probabil;

he will succeed as likely as not s-ar putea foarte bine să [nu???] reuşească;

(fam.) not (blooming) likely! nu-i nici un pericol.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Henrietta was perhaps the prettiest, Louisa had the higher spirits; and she knew not now, whether the more gentle or the more lively character were most likely to attract him.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Again, a partnership relationship will shine, and your partner is likely to bring lively and unexpected news.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

It is only a feeling, and most likely it is wrong.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

No; he only said he thought it very likely; and I thought so too.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

"You said it was not likely they should think of being married," said I, "but you see Mr. Rochester evidently prefers her to any of the other ladies."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“I should think it very likely.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Very likely not; but I can quickly show you a close connection.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But you do not yourself look upon this as likely?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You think I'm likely to do the same?

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The farther we go the less likely it is that we will get any general view.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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