Crossword clues for likelier
likelier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Likely \Like"ly\, a. [Compar. Likelier (l[imac]k"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Likeliest.] [That is, like-like. See Like, a.]
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Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.
It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous.
--Johnson. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
Similar; like; alike. [Obs.]
--Spenser.Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.
--Shak.
--Milton.Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
Improbable; unlikely; -- used ironically; as, a likely story. [informal]
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: likely)
Usage examples of "likelier".
I would try it, if I didn't think I was likelier to send myself to the five hells than the cursed Trokmê.
The more fervent believers the Elabonian gods had, the likelier they were to take a more active part in the world.
When some of the scouts brought that news back, he reversed the course of his army: two galleys' worth of warriors was not a force large enough to do much in the way of raiding upriver, and seemed likelier to be aimed at him.
Slowly, over the years, they'd let Gerin convince them his soldiers were likelier to mean protection than rapine and rape.
But, had he had a hundred chariots in the wood, he was likelier to have weakened the rest of his force so much, the battle would have been lost before they could think about a flank attack.
I think it's likelier that she went south to visit her kin down in the Empire.
A male or female of the Race, if faced with such a prospect, would be likelier to go mad.
The sound, designed to get his attention, made him start with alarm, though danger on Tosev 3 was likelier to start with angry shouts from Big Uglies or with the frightened yappings of their animals.
Dogs - likelier headed for the stew pot than for the easy life of a pet - yelped.
Or maybe he just recognized Liu Mei, who, being much closer to his own age and much prettier, was likelier to have stuck in his mind.
They say I'm a lot likelier now to get cancer later on, but I can't do anything about that, either.
Nobody was ever going to convince her that she could set foot on the road to riches by responding to a phone call from someone far likelier to be out for his profit than her own.
Dogs— likelier headed for the stew pot than for the easy life of a pet—yelped.
Your expedition will take a pair of years at least, likelier three, very possibly more.
They weren’t steel-clad either, it was mostly leather and fur on those stocky forms, now and then a blink but that was likelier off a weapon than a helmet.