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Definition of Likelier
1. likely [adj] - See also: likely
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likelier
Literary usage of Likelier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"'And it's likelier,' George answers him, ' that heaven and earth shall pass.'
So I'll hear it to my dyin' day —his voice a floatin' down to me from up above ..."
2. The Mission of the Comforter & Other Sermons with Notes by Julius Charles Hare (1846)
"... they who desire a sound Christian interpretation of the Scriptures, bringing
out their true meaning in its breadth and depth, will be much likelier to ..."
3. Sermons and Discourses: Now Completed by the Introduction of His Posthumous by Thomas Chalmers (1877)
"Again, it is the lesson both of experience and of the Bible, that the young are
likelier subjects for religious instruction than the old. ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Chalmers by Thomas Chalmers (1829)
"A despiser of ordinances is put into a likelier situation for receiving the free
offer of the Gospel, by being prevailed upon to attend a church where this ..."
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