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Meaning of as likely as not | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

As has even chances of being true or happening; as has a fifty-fifty likelihood; (often loosely) probably.

not-comparable

Examples

“Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) more than likely, in all likelihood, in all probability”
“"You're tying my hands," complained Tommy. "It's a very delicate affair, and the other fellow will muff it up as likely as not, and then where shall I be? I don't believe⟳ one of you has got an ounce of tact."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

as luck may have it as much as much again as much as as much as possible as near as makes no difference

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