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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