单词 | in likelihood |
释义 | > as lemmasin (all) likelihood P3. in (all) likelihood: in all probability; probably. 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 1570 T. Norton Disclosing of Great Bull sig. A.iijv The Lord be mercifull vnto vs and preserue our Prince, and contrey, which without our prince can not in all likelihode be preserued. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 238 Then I can lay it downe in likelihood . View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 812 It hath no Inscription, but in likelyhood it is the Tombe of Sir Roger. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Concl. 189 In all likelihood, he that made this great Automaton of the world, will not destroy it. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 152 Oliver..was in all likelyhood of French extraction. 1832 J. K. Paulding Selim 194 Our vessel will be dashed to pieces, and in all likelihood every soul on board will perish. 1862 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 102 In all likelihood we will go home together on Monday. 1926 Southwestern Polit. & Social Sci. Q. 7 295 Had Dom Pedro refused to accept the rôle that was thrust upon him, Brazil would in likelihood have had a period of..bloodshed for the first fifty years of her history. 1940 K. Roberts Oliver Wiswell lix. 524 If you send Nathan to an English school, he'll in all likelihood turn out a snob, a toady or a rake. 2008 Independent 7 Jan. 41/7 Whoever wins, though, will in all likelihood discover that their victory is, initially, something of a poisoned chalice. < as lemmas |
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