Please show me example sentences with " 'More likely' and 'Most likely' and 'Likely' ". (2024)

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What is an example sentence with more likely? ›

But permission would be costly or, more likely, refused. We are more likely to mistakenly think we have met someone before if meeting them at a family party, for instance, with familiar faces around. As a result, they are more likely to need education services.

"more likely" is usually used when there is a limited choice of possible results. "most likely" is usually used when one possibility stands out from all the others. Both operate in the area of “educated guesses” and familiarity with the choices involved would determine whether something be probably or nearly definite.

It is/seems highly/very likely that it will rain tomorrow. She doesn't seem likely to get the job. She may get the job, but it isn't likely. It's more than likely [=very probable] that this problem will occur again.

Likelier is a correct comparative degree of the adjective likely. In this case, more likely is a correct alternative, though.

You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation. Experts say a "yes" vote is still the likely outcome. If this is your first baby, it's far more likely that you'll get to the hospital too early.

Likely and unlikely are adjectives. We use them to say that something will probably happen or not happen in the future. We can use them before a noun, or with the verbs be, seem and appear: What is the most likely outcome of the referendum?

Yes, if it starts a sentence, as in, “Most likely, a fun toy is one a child would like.” If in the middle of a sentence, no comma is used, as in, “That toy is most likely the best one for that child.”

What is the word for make something more likely? ›

Facilitate comes from the Latin facilis, for "easy." It means to make something easier or more likely to happen.

probabilize, v. trans. To make probable or likely.