Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Likely is a synonym for expected in anticipated topic. In some cases you can use "Likely" instead an adjective "Expected".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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And, in modern fiction, even a Science Hero can be thrown off track by The Power of Love — and more likely than not, this will be expected to be seen as a good thing...
Source: Science Hero -
Although it's most likely partly down to good old misogyny (she must be a gold-digging whore, he's a man who couldn't be expected to resist a young hottie), it seems like her contractual purity plays a part too.
Source: Contractual Purity -
Stoic and reserved under normal circumstances, the second he's expected to perform he becomes a lunatic, equally likely to inflict bodily harm on friend and foe alike.
Source: The Berserker
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Likely and Expected. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/likely
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