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Most likely how to use?

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  • If first-time buyers are not buying, then they are most likely renting.
  • Young viewers who can withstand those jolts, however, will most likely enjoy the movie.
  • Most likely, it's a bit of all of them.
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Rakim Veloz
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You use "greater" to compare two people:

but if you're comparing to a lot of people you use "greatest":

In this case "more likely" relates to greater while "most likely" relates to greatest.

Because "more" is used when comparing two people, you would say:

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