ylike
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English ġelīce.
Adverb
ylike (not comparable)
- (obsolete) similarly; alike
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
- So both together, ylike felly bent, / Like fiercely met.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
Anagrams
- Kiely, Kiley, Kylie, kiley, kylie, likey
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ȝelic, ilike, yliche, iliche, elike
Etymology 1
From Old English ġelīc (“like, alike, similar, equal, suitable, likely”). More at alike.
Adjective
ylike
- alike
Adverb
ylike
- alike
Descendants
- English: alike, like
- Scots: ylike, ylyke, elike, elyke
Etymology 2
From Old English ġelīca (“an equal”).
Noun
ylike (plural ylikes)
- an equal, peer