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
"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
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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