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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: the word "likely" #60669 03/11/02 04:50 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London My old dictionary has it as an adv. glossed 'probably', as well as the more usual adj. sense of 'probable', so it's not a new usage. But I agree it's unusual, perhaps dialectal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the word "likely" wordjunkie 03/11/02 04:30 PM Re: the word "likely" Rubrick 03/11/02 04:44 PM Re: the word "likely" WhitmanO'Neill 03/11/02 05:56 PM Re: the word "likely" NicholasW 03/11/02 04:50 PM Re: likely vs liable wwh 03/11/02 05:51 PM Re: likely vs liable Faldage 03/11/02 06:07 PM Re: likely vs liable Keiva 03/11/02 11:46 PM Re: likely vs liable wwh 03/11/02 11:59 PM Re: likely vs liable Bobyoungbalt 03/12/02 03:03 AM Re: likely vs liable Wordwind 03/12/02 12:48 PM Re: the word "likely" stales 03/12/02 01:16 PM Re: the word "likely" Faldage 03/12/02 01:53 PM Re: the word "likely" stales 03/12/02 03:19 PM Re: the word "likely" Faldage 03/12/02 03:48 PM Re: the word "likely" wwh 03/12/02 04:02 PM dead set against all "ly" words. TEd Remington 03/12/02 04:22 PM Re: the word "likely" TEd Remington 03/12/02 04:28 PM Re: the word "likely" wordjunkie 03/12/02 04:54 PM Re: the word "likely" wwh 03/12/02 06:57 PM Re: the word "likely" Keiva 03/12/02 08:01 PM prone and supine TEd Remington 03/12/02 09:25 PM Re: prone and supine wwh 03/12/02 09:42 PM Re: prone and supine Keiva 03/12/02 10:11 PM Re: prone and supine Angel 03/13/02 01:21 AM Re: supine Keiva 03/19/02 01:37 AM Re: the word "likely" Faldage 03/12/02 08:07 PM Re: the word "likely" Hyla 03/12/02 08:25 PM Re: the word "likely" Faldage 03/12/02 08:49 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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