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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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