Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Most likely and expected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Most likely" instead an adjective "Expected".
Most likely
Expected and most likely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expected" instead an adjective phrase "Most likely".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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So all of those horrible noises, as expected, are most likely him overseeing an eternal war on the entire known universe... And winning. Gruesomely.
- Major Injury Underreaction: Fenix expected this, most likely because of his family, but Feicia subverted it.
Source: Manhwa / The Legend of Maian - This is most likely intentional, as it is a gender-swapped setting, and it is lampshaded that boys are raised to be unable to say "no" to women, but at the same time expected to be chaste.
Source: Karma Houdini / Literature
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