belike
Maybe, in archaic
Belike is an archaic or literary adverb meaning perhaps or probably: Belike he has gone to market.
The word survives mainly in historical fiction and period drama, where it signals old-fashioned speech.
Modern speakers would say "maybe" or "probably" instead.
probability
Expressing uncertainty
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
- possiblyWith some likelihood
- probablyAlmost certainly true
- perchanceArchaic word for maybe
mayhap · presumably · conceivably · peradventure · haply · doubtless · supposedly · apparently
perhaps
Expressing uncertainty
perchance · mayhap · presumably · conceivably · peradventure · haply · doubtless · supposedly · apparently · seemingly
epistemic certainty
belikecertainly
Without any doubt
definitely · surely · undoubtedly · assuredly · indubitably
like, be, likely, alike, unlike, dislike, likeness, likelihood, liken