to methinks

Examples

• All

• Methinks you are too quick to judge his actions.

• Methinks the weather will turn stormy before nightfall.

• In old plays, a character might say, 'methinks this plan will not succeed.'

• Methinks this plan will not work.

• Methinks the outcome of this debate is clearer than it appears.

• Methinks we should reconsider our approach to the problem.

• Methinks her argument could have been more compelling.

Synonyms

T

to think

vsto methinks

∞ 1.0

To have an opinion or guess about something

is archaic and literary rather than the common modern expression

R

to reckon

vsto methinks

• UK

185 3.4

To think or believe something is true

is archaic literary phrasing rather than informal modern judgment

I

to I dare say

vsto methinks

• UK

43 6.5

Said, often politely, to show you think something is likely to be true

is a direct personal opinion in archaic form, not a polite guess

T

to trow

vsto methinks

• Archaic

1 9.9

To believe, especially in old or literary English

expresses a personal opinion in a fixed archaic phrase

M

to meseems

vsto methinks

• Archaic

9.9

A phrase people used in older English to say I think

is the same meaning but uses a different archaic wording

W

to ween

vsto methinks

• Archaic

9.9

To think or believe something

is the first-person 'it seems to me' style rather than general verb use

Surface Forms

Etymology