Likely
Likely adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.
Usage example: this looks like a likely spot for good trout fishing
Reassuring and likely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reassuring" instead an adjective "Likely".
Nearby Word: like
Reassuring
Reassuring adjective - Restoring confidence and relieving anxiety.
Likely and reassuring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Likely" instead an adjective "Reassuring".
Both words in one sentence
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Played with in Dead Like Me: the reapers are all former semi-normal people, and are often quite friendly and reassuring, but are also likely to steal from the newly dead and basically behave like people in a customer service job they're not being paid to do.
Source: Don't Fear the Reaper -
Powers up Megatron, but likely at a horrible cost to his sanity... He claims he can hear Unicron speaking to him, and it's entirely posible he wasn't hallucinating, but it'd probably be more reassuring if he was.
Source: Artifact of Doom -
There will probably be some discussion of how this dream does not necessarily mean that the dreaming character really is gay—but likely this will not be reassuring for any characters involved in the dream.
Source: Homoerotic Dream
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