belike
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of belike
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Example Sentences
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"But we'll have time enough for - that. You'll be wanting to sleep beneath my roof, belike, and eat me out of pigs."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
When I look at the quiet forest I wonder what it will belike to live there, to build houses and create a settlement.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Ah, "Good Roland," gallants breed not i' the sun; they thrive best belike i' the moonbeams. roland.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
Argos, belike, or Phthia shall it be, Or some lone island of the tossing sea, Far, far from Troy?
From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes
And chad been there, Then chad been dress'd, belike, as ill, by the mass, as Gaffer Vicar.
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art
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