单词 | like enough |
释义 | > as lemmaslike enough a. like enough: very likely, probably. Now somewhat archaic. ΚΠ 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Qivv They (like enough) will reproue me. [No corresponding sentence in the Latin original.] 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1396/2 Some sayd it was his wife, some sayd the Keper. Like enough (my Lord) quoth Symons, for hee is one of the same sorte. 1641 J. Bond Doore of Hope 47 As many as are contrary-minded, (like enough) doe repine and howle in secret, to see so blessed a close of so perilous a businesse. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. ix. 65 ‘Like enough,’ cries the Squire, ‘it may be so in London.’ View more context for this quotation 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 115 Like enough, to judge from the sound, his back was broken on the spot. 1966 G. Mackay Brown Cal. of Love 129 Here I was and here like enough I would sit until God's will in the matter was made plain. 2004 D. Drake Master of Cauldron iii. 84 Like enough he made mistakes; he was human, after all. < as lemmas |
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