Is "Likely" conditional?

nathanieljschwartz

So i see that some LR Qs will say if .A. it is likely that .B.
Is this conditional?

goingfor99th

Did you sit the June test?

Hehe.

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“likely” is a synonym for “most" ~ Graeme Blake

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@USER123456 said:
“likely” is a synonym for “most" ~ Graeme Blake

I'd agree if "likely" is used in this context:

"Event X is likely to happen." I'd say that that means there is over a 50% chance of event happening, so it's a quasi-most statement.

However, if "likely" is used like this:

"Event X is more likely to happen than Event Y is to happen," then I wouldn't say it's a "most" statement. This means that the probability of X happening is simply more than the probability of Y happening. It could be X has a 2% chance of happening and Y a 1% chance of happening; X and Y could still be extremely unlikely to occur.