SIMILARLY

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

similarly (comparative more similarly, superlative most similarly)

(manner) In a like style or manner.

Synonym: likewise

(conjunctive) Used to link similar items

Source: Wiktionary


Sim"i*lar*ly, adv.

Definition: In a similar manner.

SIMILAR

Sim"i*lar, a. Etym: [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]

1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] Boyle. Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated.

– Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional.

– Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.

Sim"i*lar, n.

Definition: That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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