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  • 1likely — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ a d …

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  • 2likely — like|ly1 W1S1 [ˈlaıkli] adj comparative likelier superlative likeliest [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: glikligr, from glikr like ] 1.) something that is likely will probably happen or is probably true ≠ ↑unlikely ▪ Snow showers are likely… …

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  • 3hardly — [härd′lē] adv. [ME hardliche < OE heardlice] 1. Now Rare a) with effort or difficulty b) severely; harshly 2. only just; barely; scarcely: often used ironically or politely to mean “not quite,” or “not at all” [hardly the person to ask] 3.… …

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  • 4hardly — [adv] scarcely; with difficulty almost inconceivably, almost not, barely, by a hair, by no means, comparatively, detectably, faintly, gradually, imperceptibly, infrequently, just, little, no more than, not a bit, not at all, not by much, not… …

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  • 5hardly — adv. Hardly is used with these adjectives: ↑able, ↑adequate, ↑audible, ↑aware, ↑believable, ↑capable, ↑coincidental, ↑comforting, ↑compatible, ↑conclusive, ↑conducive, ↑ …

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  • 6hardly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. scarcely, barely; improbably; rarely. See rarity, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scarcely, barely, just, merely, detectably, infinitesimally, perceptibly, imperceptibly, noticeably, not… …

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  • 7The Likely Lads (film) — The Likely Lads was a 1976 film starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. It took its name from the popular British teleivison series of the 1960s The Likely Lads, although it was closer in tone to the more recent sequel Whatever Happened to the… …

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  • 8animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction       the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn.       That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …

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  • 9First English Civil War — The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars ). The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and… …

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  • 10Greek Church — • Details the history and various divisions of the church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Greek Church     Greek Church     † …

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