4. Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome. Shak.
Milton.
5. Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the
place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
Like"ly, adv. In all probability; probably.
While man was innocent he was likely ignorant of nothing that
imported him to know.
Glanvill.
Like"-mind`ed (-mnd`d), a. Having a like disposition or purpose; of the
same mind. Tillotson.
Lik"en (lk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Likened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Likening.] [OE. liknen. See Like, a.]
1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare;
as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock.
Matt. vii. 24.