likeliness

noun4

1. •
   The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
2. •
   Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability.

   • To determine the likeliness of an individual in a concept, a membership function is required. — 2006
3. •
   Likeness; similarity.

   • No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image of God, and every Degree of its Improvement is a farther Degree of Likeliness to him. — 1727
4. •
   Suitability; agreeableness.

   • A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness. — 2004