5. Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
LIKELY
Like"ly, adv.
Defn: In all probability; probably. While man was innocent he was likely ignorant of nothing that imported him to know. Glanvill.
LIKE-MINDED
Like"-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.
Tillotson.
LIKEN
Lik"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Likened; p. pr. & vb. n. Likening.] Etym:
[OE. liknen. See Like, a.]
1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. Matt. vii. 24.
2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] Brougham.
LIKENESS
Like"ness, n. Etym: [AS. gelicnes.]
1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.