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BELIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does belike mean?
• BELIKE (adverb)
The adverb BELIKE has 1 sense:
1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt
Familiarity information: BELIKE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With considerable certainty; without much doubt
Synonyms:
belike; in all likelihood; in all probability; likely; probably
Context example:
in all likelihood we are headed for war
Context examples
At Nogent belike, or was it at Auray?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Why, then away ran Troubadour, for belike I spurred him in falling, and Bertrand rode after him as hard as hoofs could bear him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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