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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
Example:
a well-liked teacher
Classified under:
Similar:
likable; likeable (easy to like; agreeable)
Antonym:
disliked (regarded with aversion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb like
Context examples:
She had been much liked by all who met her.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Where Utterson was liked, he was liked well.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"I have always liked you as you were," said Dorothy simply.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Well, why shouldn’t she marry whom she liked?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When I come a week ago, an' saw all this, an' you, an' your mother, an' brothers, an' everything—well, I liked it.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I never liked garlic before, but to-night it is delightful!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The fact was, as Emma could now acknowledge, that Harriet had always liked Robert Martin; and that his continuing to love her had been irresistible.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
She did not think very much about it, however: he pleased her for the present; she liked to have him near her; it was enough.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She liked him—in spite of his gravity and reserve, she beheld in him an object of interest.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I kept all the keys and could go where I liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in his privacy.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
