单词 | by probability |
释义 | > as lemmasby (also †in) probability b. in (also †by) all probability: probably; considering what is probable. Formerly also † by (also †in) probability. 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 c1443 [see sense 1a]. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 42 (MED) Bi other strengthe than bi probabilite and likelihode, no feith had bi Holi Scripture mai reule oure lyuyng and conuersacioun to God. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 9 That Eagle..is by al probabilitie and coniecture, no inwarde Eagle, but a fugitiue, and a rangler. a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 140 In probabilitie they could not bee either many or great. 1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 23 The compasse and roomth that each tree by probabilitie will take and fill. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 62 The Lord Deputies going into the field,..in all probability could not be for some two moneths after. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 202 Otherwise in probability they had fallen into the hands of the French. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera iii. xiv. 56 Therefore, I beg you, Gentlemen, look well to yourselves, for in all probability you may live some Months longer. 1835 C. Dickens Let. 14 Dec. (1965) I. 105 I shall not in all human probability be home before Wednesday Week. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. ii. 50 These cliffs corresponding in all probability to ancient lines of faults. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 70 They descended gingerly, holding up their skirts just as if they would be wanting them another time and had not in all probability finished with skirts for ever. 1987 Asian Art 1 i. 65 In all probability the handle was already damaged when the vessel was found. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! xii. 127 He will in all probability jerk his way to blindness soon enough. Maybe even death. < as lemmas |
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