Captive and Likely

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Captive adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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Likely and captive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likely" instead an adjective "Captive".

Likely adjective - Having a high chance of occurring.

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Captive and likely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captive" instead an adjective "Likely".

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Francis of Assisi, likely on the grounds of him being a member of the military before becoming a preacher, even spending some time as a captive.

Source: Badass Preacher
And the authors don't pull punches about the likely states of mind of people who've been on the front lines- or taken captive, or waiting back home for loved ones who are probably dead- for months.

Source: Darker And Edgier / Fan Works
No matter how much an Inquisitor may insist their captive needs to be kept alive for the moment, Hospitallers are so zealous that they are far too likely to "accidentally" lose the patient's life.

Source: Deadly Doctor

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