LIKEWISE

besides, too, also, likewise, as well

(adverb) in addition; “he has a Mercedes, too”

alike, likewise

(adverb) equally; “parents and teachers alike demanded reforms”

similarly, likewise

(adverb) in like or similar manner; “He was similarly affected”; “some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil”- Samuel Johnson

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

likewise (not comparable)

(manner) In a similar manner.

(conjunctive) also; moreover; too.

The same to you; used as a response.

Synonyms

• (in a similar manner): similarly

Anagrams

• wise-like, wiselike

Source: Wiktionary


Like"wise`, adv. & conj. Etym: [See Wise, n.]

Definition: In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also. Go, and do thou likewise. Luke x. 37. For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. Ps. xlix. 10.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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