| 单词 | most like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmost like 5. Likely, probably. Usually in superlative, comparative, or similar modified or graded collocations, as most like, very like. Cf. also (as) like as not at Phrases 5b, like enough at Phrases 5a. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] welleOE lightly1395 likely1395 likinglyc1395 by (also of) likeliheadc1405 by (also of) likelinessc1405 by all (also most) likelihood1427 provably1460 of (all) likelihood1491 belike?1531 like1548 belikelya1551 in (all) likelihood1570 probably1600 by (also in) probabilitya1602 in (also by) all probability1617 presumably1658 prob.1730 nigh hand1848 predictably1914 prolly1922 odds-on1976 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxii He was had in contempte with theim, and therefore mooste lyke by one of theim thus shamefully murdered. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 268 Will money buy em? Ant. Very like . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 259 Most like I did. View more context for this quotation 1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Postscr. sig. X2v He may Fire a canon, and kill a Friend as like as an Enemy. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 321 I was much deceived in them... Very like... It takes a smart man to be up to chaps of their sort. 1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 29 No more at midway heaven, but liker, midway to the pit. 1937 D. Jones In Parenthesis iv. 94 Better see the gaffer—a bit along be the piss-house next the Gas-post—most like. 1992 D. Glazer Last Oasis 61 ‘Bet they take some dustin',’ Betty said. ‘Very like.’ ‘An if they get broke someone'll be for it.’ < as lemmas |
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