Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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