单词 | by likeliness |
释义 | > as lemmasby (also of) likeliness in all likeliness, †by (also of) likeliness: probably, most likely, in all likelihood. Cf. likelihood n. Phrases 1. 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 c1405by liklynesse [see sense 1]. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 411 (MED) He cast knyȝtly for tavaunce His ȝonge nevewe, as by lyklynesse To hiȝe honour. 1436 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 511/1 By the whiche alienes..by liklynesse, the Counseill..of oure saide Souverayn Lord..is discovered. c1450 Complaynt d'Amours (Fairf. 16) f. 197v Sothe is that wel I wote by lyklynesse Yf that yt were a thinge possible to do [etc.]. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 55 As by possibilite and alle liklinesse may be honourable and truly vanquisshid and wonne bye armes. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 316 Be lyklynes Wallace suld wyn the land. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 620 ‘Maister,’ he said, ‘as fer as I haiff feyll, Off lyklynes it may be wondir weill’. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. cxliij First to Arras, for a feined colourable peace, where as by likelinesse it was thought & supposed, that it should neuer turne to theffectual auaile, of you my right doubted Lorde, nor to your saied realmes. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 298 They have got both their ship, lives, and liberties again, and an enjoyment of England, which they were in all likeliness never to have seen more. 1693 S. Petto Revelation Unvailed vi. 53 Some say that the 1260 Days probably must so begin, as Daniels 1290 days may expire or end with them, and so begin in likeliness before Ann. 400. 1888 Manch. Guardian 20 July 5/7 A cruiser or two will in all likeliness be despatched from Admiral Lyon's or Admiral Fitzroy's squadron to prey upon our commerce. 1928 Pittsburgh Press 16 Aug. 27/2 In all likeliness the third round of all classes will be completed by Saturday night. 1976 Pædagogica Europæa 11 25 There resources come from, and will in all likeliness continue to come from, public sources. 2003 J. Fries Cauldron of Gods vii. 240/1 In all likeliness, the statue originally graced the top of the mound. < as lemmas |
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