Adjective and Adverb Middle English, from Old Englishgelīclicfitting (fromgelīclike) and Old Norseglīkligr, līkligr, fromglīkrlike; akin to Old Englishgelīc First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English like‧ly1/ˈlaɪkli/●●●S1W1adjective(comparativelikelier,superlativelikeliest)1something that islikelywill probably happen or is probably trueOPPunlikelySnow showers are likely tomorrow.likely outcome/effects/consequences etcWhat are the likely effects...
unlikely - has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" 2. likely - likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable los...
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1 #define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1) 2 #define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0) ‘pocket'of effective agencies in weak governance states where're they likely and why does it matter public administration and development Public Admin. Dev. 30, 91–101 (2010) Publis...
II. 选用括号内所给词的派生词填空1. It is no surprise that small car makers are ___unlikely (likely)
Of course, one simple solution to the problem is to eat less meat, but for a mostly carnivorous (食肉的) global population, this idea is unlikely to catch on. Therefore, tasty alternatives need to be found, and idea of what we consider to be meat may need to change too. Instead of ...
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late 14c., "resemblance, similarity," fromlikely+-hood. Meaning "probability, state of being like or probable" is from mid-15c. likeliness unlikely See All Related Words (4) Advertisement Trends oflikely adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/ with a 7-year moving average; ngrams are probably...