Explanation / Meaning of らしく in 例文


Hi in this sentence 'らしく' is used, but I am not really sure about the meaning
of らしく. I found this explanation for it, but it doesn't helps me to understand
its meaning in the sentence:

  * way to use 「らしい」 is to indicate that a person seems to be a certain thing due to his behavior.

誰かの視線に気づいた **らしく** 、ふっと頭を上げ、通りのむこうからこちらの様子をじっとうかがっている猫を見つけた。




らしい is one of the way of saying something seems to be a certain way. EDICT has

> **らしい** _aux-adj_  
>  (1) seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or
> trustworthy hearsay)/appearing .../(suf,adj-i)  
>  (2) (after a noun, adverb or adjective stem) -ish/like a .../typical of
> .../appropriate for .../becoming of .../worthy of the name ...

and らしく is the corresponding adverb.

In this sentence, meaning (1) is intended, i.e.

> 誰かの視線に気づいた **らしく** 、ふっと頭を上げ、通りのむこうからこちらの様子をじっとうかがっている猫を見つけた。  
>  **Seeming** to have noticed someone looking at him, he abruptly lifted his
> head and at the other end of the street found a cat staring his way.




らしい is one of the way of saying something seems to be a certain way. EDICT has

> **らしい** _aux-adj_  
>  (1) seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or
> trustworthy hearsay)/appearing .../(suf,adj-i)  
>  (2) (after a noun, adverb or adjective stem) -ish/like a .../typical of
> .../appropriate for .../becoming of .../worthy of the name ...

and らしく is the corresponding adverb.

In this sentence, meaning (1) is intended, i.e.

> 誰かの視線に気づいた **らしく** 、ふっと頭を上げ、通りのむこうからこちらの様子をじっとうかがっている猫を見つけた。  
>  **Seeming** to have noticed someone looking at him, he abruptly lifted his
> head and at the other end of the street found a cat staring his way.

