a priori vs likely

a priori

adj
  • Presumed without analysis. 

  • Self-evident, intuitively obvious. 

  • Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. 

  • Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages. 

adv
  • In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. 

likely

adj
  • Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable 

  • probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring 

  • attractive; pleasant 

  • appropriate, suitable; believable; promising, having a good potential 

  • plausible; within the realm of credibility 

  • leading with high probability to some specified outcome 

noun
  • Something or somebody considered likely. 

adv
  • Probably. 

How often have the words a priori and likely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )