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Definition of Likeliness
1. Noun. The probability of a specified outcome.
Generic synonyms: Probability
Specialized synonyms: Odds
Attributes: Likely, Unlikely
Antonyms: Unlikelihood, Unlikeliness
Derivative terms: Likely, Likely, Likely
Definition of Likeliness
1. n. Likelihood; probability.
Definition of Likeliness
1. Noun. The condition or quality of being likely; probability of occurring, believability. ¹
2. Noun. Suitableness; agreeableness; likeness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likeliness
Literary usage of Likeliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... So others that were ours courageously pursu'd The planting of the truth, in
zeal three n.ost profound, Tbe relish of whose names by likeliness of sound, ..."
2. The Works of John Jewel by John Jewel, John Ayre (1848)
"It could not be a figure, unless Christ indeed had a body: for a vain shew or a
likeliness can bear no figure7. ..."
3. Paston Letters: Original Letters, Written During the Reigns of Henry VI by Alexander Ramsay (1859)
"... but they have no captain nor ruler assigned by the commissioners to await
upon, and so they straggle about by themselves, and, by likeliness, ..."
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