Like″li‐hood (–lĭ‐ho͝od), n. [Likely + -hood.] 1. Appearance; show; sign; expression.
What of his heart perceive you in his face
By any likelihood he showed to-day? Shak.
2. Likeness; resemblance.
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.