Likely and Major

Likely

Likely adjective - Having a high chance of occurring.

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

Nearby Word: like

Major

Major adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.

Likely and major are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Likely" instead an adjective "Major".

Nearby Words: majority, majored, majoring

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Ghost Trick Morality Pet: Quite literally Sissel for Yomiel, although it doesn't do much good until the end of the game when Yomiel does his Heel–Face Turn, Sissel most likely being a major reason for this.
  • Bush and Dick Cheney, likely because it doesn't seem appropriate to have real-life politicians getting assassinated as a major plot point, and George Soros, likely so that he won't sue for libel.
  • Sequence Breaking It's likely that most experienced players spent at least some time on this, and it was probably one of the major sources of replay value in the game.
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