1. 用作形容詞，意為“可能的”，注意以下同義句型：

很可能他今晚會給我打電話。

正：He’s very likely to ring me tonight.

正：It’s very likely that he’ll ring me tonight.

他不見得會來。

正：He is not likely to come.

正：It’s not likely (that) he will come.

2. 用作副詞，意為“可能”，通常與 most, very 連用。如：

They very likely won’t come. 他們很可能不會來了。

He has most likely lost his way. 他很可能是迷路了。

用于習語：as likely as not(很可能);not likely(決不可能)等。如：

As likely as not he’s forgotten all about it. 很可能他把這事忘得一干二凈了。

A：Will you come to the theater? 去看戲嗎?

B：Not likely. 才不去呢。