belike
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of belike
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Example Sentences
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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
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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
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Why then," quoth Sancho, "belike your master is some knight of the church, and so can bestow rewards of that kind on his squires; mine is only a layman.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
I know not even if he be of high kindred, and belike he will go hence suddenly, and I shall be left unhappy.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
"It was a parcel," replied Mr. Duncan, dubiously; "belike it hid a dozen good stout Latin books, sir."
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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