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Likely is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation which is probable to occur or something you would expect. For example: It is likely that the weather tomorrow will be cloudy.

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Even with all the misgivings, 43% of respondents said they were more likely to "like" David Cameron than Ed Miliband (just 34 % and 36% thought him more capable compared with the Labour leader.

The run-off is likely to be between a supporter of the Blair-Ashdown 'project' like Mr Campbell or the uncharismatic Mr Harvey, and a sceptic, probably Mr Kennedy, MP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West since 1983.

"It is untrue from start to finish, and was quite likely dreamt up by the Labour press office.

"That will likely lead, I'm sorry to say, to some people resigning from the government or being fired.

Less likely.

It's not likely to be pretty.

The strain is likely to grow more acute as the government depends on helicopter gunships to extend its reach to parts of the country rendered impassable to logistics convoys and even armored vehicles by the rebels' improvised bombs.

That doesn't mean getting out of print, but it does require a greater focus of attention, imagination and resource on the various forms that digital future is likely to take".

The two supreme court justices thought likely to cast the deciding votes, Anthony Kennedy and the chief justice, John Roberts, appeared deeply sceptical of the government's contention that healthcare regulation is a special case that gives Congress the power to oblige individuals to obtain insurance.

The displaced groups were expected to be living in the tents for up to eight weeks and authorities won't know until Cyclone Nathan has passed whether damage caused is likely to extend that.

Last summer the Electoral Commission said 7.5 million eligible voters were not registered, with poor, black and young people least likely to be on the electoral roll.

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