Definition of "belike" [be•like]

• Archaic Probably; perhaps. (adverb)

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• "It teacheth the tongue ill speaking, and my word belike was such."
• "(calling belike upon the Lord,) and so the Prince immediately commanded to take away the tun and quench the fire."
• "There arose in that narrow, iron-sided gorge a havoc such as belike surpassed that of the original breaking through of the waters."