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belike

American  
[bih-lahyk] / bɪˈlaɪk /

adverb

Archaic.
  1. very likely; perhaps; probably.


belike British  
/ bɪˈlaɪk /

adverb

  1. archaic perhaps; maybe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of belike

First recorded in 1525–35; be- + like 1


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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

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

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

But, look! my lord limpeth; belike he hath a thorn in his foot.'

From The Taming of the Jungle by Dr. C. W. Doyle

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