Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Probably; perhaps.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Perhaps; probably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Obs. or Archaic It is likely or probably; perhaps.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
make like;simulate . - verb transitive To
be like;resemble . - verb impersonal To be
pleasing to;please . - verb transitive To
like ; bepleased with. - noun An
object ofaffection orliking . - adverb archaic or dialectal, Northern England
Likely ,probably ,perhaps .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with considerable certainty; without much doubt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It teacheth the tongue ill speaking, and my word belike was such.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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It teacheth the tongue ill speaking, and my word belike was such.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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(calling belike upon the Lord,) and so the Prince immediately commanded to take away the tun and quench the fire.
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth James Endell Tyler 1820
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There arose in that narrow, iron-sided gorge a havoc such as belike surpassed that of the original breaking through of the waters.
The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Emerson Hough 1890
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He'll break your travelin 'light, him a carryin' the outfit and a big buck deer belike.
Chapter II 2010
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An 'have ye niver drifted along, the water clear as glass, whin suddin, belike a cloud over the sun, the mushy-ice comes bubblin' up an 'up till from bank to bank an' bind to bind it's drapin 'the river like a first snowfall?'
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An 'have ye niver drifted along, the water clear as glass, whin suddin, belike a cloud over the sun, the mushy-ice comes bubblin' up an 'up till from bank to bank an' bind to bind it's drapin 'the river like a first snowfall?'
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But it was the face, cast belike in copper bronze, which caught and held Mrs. Sayther's fleeting glance.
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To himself he added, "An 'belike, if Satan takes his eye off his own, I'll put it to that young cub iv his."
CHAPTER 16 2010
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If thou goest to him, and say Ilderim sent thee, will he not be glad of such a fine sturdy trooper - ye may touch the hilt, and eat the salt, and belike he'll forget the assami* (* In this sense, a deposit paid by a recruit on enlistment.) for my sake.
Fiancée 2010
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