likeliness &c adj.; vraisemblance [Fr.], verisimilitude, plausibility;
color, semblance, show of; presumption; presumptive evidence,
circumstantial evidence; credibility.
reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance,
reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect;
prospect, wellgrounded hope; chance &c 156.
V. be probable &c adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to; imply
&c (evidence) 467; bid fair &c (promise) 511; stand fair for; stand a
good chance, run a good chance.
think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect &c 507; count upon
&c (believe) 484.
Adj. probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way.
plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato [It],
well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable,
presumptive, apparent.
Adv. probably &c adj.; belike†; in all probability, in all likelihood;
very likely, most likely; like enough; odds on, odds in favor, ten to
one &c; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable
expectation; primâ facie [Lat.]; to all appearance &c (to the eye)
448.
Phr. the chances, the odds are; appearances are in favor of, chances
are in favor of; there is reason to believe, there is reason to think,
there is reason to expect; I dare say; all Lombard Street to a China
orange.