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Use in varieties of Scots

likly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 0 0 29.8 52.3 0 35.4
Number of occurrences200 0 3 9 0 8
Number of authors9 3 5 1

Occurrences of likly in Corpus

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Orkney

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Wid've likly got mare o a lie in!
1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
set wather, the fishermen wid likly no be apace bit try oot the f
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
Dinna see ony bone damage so likly no Otter, and they wid hiv te(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
bit whit's aye been 'll likly no change noo. on page 51
er an Jonah lat on dat it wis likly him. 'Pit me ower da side', h on page 71
s Jesus - wha, tho he wis da likly o da G6öd Man, wis plaesed t on page 167

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
nor hardship i your likly. Whitna pictir on page 100

1 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Naa boy, du’s no likly ta see Foula
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
wi a guid idea fir een den I likly will!(2021) search twitter
Dir likly mair. I suppose gjaan tae da (2021) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
it wis aa sold oot! Yes du's likly richt?? wishin dee a fine tri(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e hoose!" (Whuch wus mair nor likly true.) on page 9
in tae fin hir wye oot. "A'll likly bae punisht fur it noo, bae g on page 21
ye doon here, that A think it likly can taak. Oniewye, thur's nae on page 22
"A likly story, heth!" said the Pigeon on page 53
orrmoose," thocht Alice; "but likly baecaas it's sleepin, it disn on page 67
Also on pages 84
8 matches

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