Like"li*hood (-l&ibreve;*h&oocr;d), n. [Likely +
-hood.]
1. Appearance; show; sign; expression.
[Obs.]
What of
his heart perceive you in his face
By any likelihood he showed to-day ?
Shak. 2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.]
There is no
likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Tennyson.
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