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
"I've been a deal worse myself, and got well again; don't be a frightening yourself in that way, or belike you'll think you've one foot in the grave."
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
And there, 'twixt sun and shade, the Strong Man went On some long-sought-for end belike intent.
From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris
“I thought belike ’twas money, but I knew not that it was so much.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
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