Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.07 in modern English

Syllables: had -like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Had nearly; (did) not quite (followed by the infinitive).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Wee had likt to haue had our two noses snapt off with two old men without teeth."
"[the] report […]had like to have been my utter overthrow"
"Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, […] but recollected herself in time."

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does had like mean?: Had nearly; (did) not quite (followed by the infinitive).

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