Forthcoming
Forthcoming adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Likely and forthcoming are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likely" instead an adjective "Forthcoming".
Likely
Likely adjective - Having a high chance of occurring.
Forthcoming and likely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forthcoming" instead an adjective "Likely".
Nearby Word: like
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Since the guy's been dead for four hundred years, the "true" answer isn't likely to be forthcoming.
Source: Theatre / Macbeth - Arc Words: "All the time in the bloody world", carried over from Peacebreakers and likely to appear again in the forthcoming Bulletproof and Checkmate.
Source: Literature / Soulgame - Knighting: Several of these (and likely more forthcoming due to prequel in progress); perhaps the best to date is the ceremony in which Kelson, his foster brother Dhugal and his cousin Conall receive their accolades.
Source: Literature / Deryni
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