belike
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of belike
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
Sure in any case it won’t be any great while standing there, you may depend, and they bedding cattle with it, let alone very belike sending in cartloads of it every week to the market.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
Lo, where he cometh at hand, belike he was not far!
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of
"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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