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belike

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be·like  (b-lk)
adv. Archaic
Probably; perhaps.
[Probably be- (from by) + like, what is likely.]
belike [bɪˈlaɪk]
adv
Archaic or dialect perhaps; maybe
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Adv.1.belike - with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
in all likelihood, in all probability, likely, probably
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It is commonly seen, that men, once placed, take in with the contrary faction, to that by which they enter: thinking belike, that they have the first sure, and now are ready for a new purchase.
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A veritable witness have you hitherto been, Ishmael; but have a care how you seize the privilege of Jonah alone; the privilege of discoursing upon the joists and beams; the rafters, ridge-pole, sleepers, and under-pinnings, making up the frame-work of leviathan; and belike of the tallow-vats, dairy-rooms, butteries, and cheeseries in his bowels.
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But, says an old writer, "he was so busied, belike about matters of higher concernment, that Spenser received no reward.
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