单词 | of likelihood |
释义 | > as lemmasof (all) likelihood P2. †of (all) likelihood: in all probability; probably. Obsolete. 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 1491–2 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1491 §21. m. 9 Every quinzime..of liklyhode shalbe gretly mynysshed and lessed. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. f. xviv/2 To say the trouth I am not very sure of the time, but..yt was of lyklyhod ye same nyght. 1580 J. Bell tr. J. Foxe Pope Confuted i. f. 19 So also may ye right well perceiue..that the selfesame may..nowe of all likelyhood chaunce vnto you. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 121 Who of likelihood..was possessed..with so affectionate an opinion of his brothers aduancement, that [etc.]. 1682 P. Walsh Prospect State Ireland ii. 55 This of all likelihood was one of the causes or means whereby Ireland began suddenly to flourish above any Countrey of Europe at that time in Learning. 1897 C. L. Ford Org. State viii. 276 Ordinary wants would of likelihood be published in it for five cents, and possibly one cent. < as lemmas |
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