Likely used in a sentence

Likely in a sentence as an adjective

They'd put the terms higher on the page so that you're more likely to read them.

This all makes sense because the longer it can stay in the host, the more likely it'll get picked up by something else.

This means, however, you are 7% likely to lose all the money, and we only make .9% margins, so this is going to be a No. We get that you don't like this.

If you have employees, pay them and get them off your books first; employee wages are, depending on the state you're in, the one likely exception to that rule.

I don't have an answer here, but it likely involves completely tearing down the existing system to its nuts and bolts and building it back up.

Alternatively, if you are not burned out but also do not have a sense of wonder, it is likely you will never get yourself started on the good work.

Likely in a sentence as an adverb

[0] Meaning individuals, of whatever gender/race/class/whatever, that are likely to be reading HN.[1] If you don't believe me, ponder for a moment sentences like, "But I like Negroes just fine!

If not, commenting on a several-day-old thread will guarantee that you can never post another comment, since once threads drop off the front page it's not likely that many 1000+ karma users will even see those comments, never mind endorse them.

It pains me to see so many people, who quite likely rely on emacs, Xcode with gcc, gnu coreutils, or an operating system that would've never been possible without the Free software movement, sit around and ridicule RMS because he eats toe jam or really, really likes parrots.

Given that this will likely trigger an audit and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars of fines for you, how about we just agree to give my client what he has coming to him, and you report an inadvertent paperwork screwup to the tax authority when you pay your fair share?

Unless you've made a lot of money and you've been on the cover of Forbes, or you put an autonomous vehicle on Mars while wearing a Mohawk, telling people you're a programmer/mathematician/scientist is more likely to get them to presumptuously assume you're some mechanistic robot than for them to say "wow, interesting stuff".