similarly

similarly

English

Etymology

From similar +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪməlɚli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmələli/

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Adverb

similarly (comparative more similarly, superlative most similarly)

1. (manner) In a like style or manner.

   Synonym: likewise

   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

   The sisters dressed similarly.

2. (conjunctive) Used to link similar items

Translations

in a similar style or manner

Bulgarian: подобно (bg) (podobno), по същия начин (po sǎštija način) Catalan: semblantment Chinese: Mandarin: 類似地 (zh), 类似地 (zh) (lèisì de), 同樣地 (zh), 同样地 (zh) (tóngyàng de), 相似地 (zh) (xiāngsì de), Czech: podobně (cs) Dutch: gelijk (nl), evenzo (nl), op dezelfde manier Esperanto: simile (eo) Finnish: samoin (fi), samaten (fi), vastaavasti (fi) French: pareil (fr), semblablement (fr), similairement (fr) Georgian: ასევე (ka) (aseve), მსგავსად (msgavsad) German: ähnlich (de) Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (analeikō) Greek: Ancient: ὁμοίως (homoíōs) Hebrew: בדומה‎ (bedome) Hungarian: hasonlóan (hu) Irish: mar an gcéanna, ar an mbealach céanna, ar an gcuma chéanna Italian: similarmente, similmente (it) Japanese: 同様に (ja) (どうように, dōyō ni) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ھەروەھا‎ (ku) (herweha) Latin: similiter (la) Polish: podobnie (pl), analogicznie (pl) Portuguese: similarmente Russian: подо́бным о́бразом (podóbnym óbrazom), та́к же (ru) (ták že), аналоги́чно (ru) (analogíčno), подо́бно (ru) (podóbno) Scottish Gaelic: mar an ceudna Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: слѝчно Roman: slìčno (sh) Spanish: similarmente, igualmente (es), asimismo (es), de la misma manera Swedish: likadant (sv), likaledes (sv)