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ˈlaɪkˌwaɪzlike·wise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. similarly, likewiseadverb

    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

  2. besides, too, also, likewise, as welladverb

    in addition

    "he has a Mercedes, too"

  3. alike, likewiseadverb

    equally

    "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms"

Wiktionary

  1. likewiseadverb

    In a similar manner.

    Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise, its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.

  2. likewiseadverb

    also; moreover; too.

    Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise.

  3. likewiseadverb

    The same to you; .

    It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. uE000128405uE001 Likewise, Mr Thompson.

  4. Etymology: Shortened from in like wise; equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Likewiseadverb

    In like manner; also; moreover; too.

    Etymology: like and wise.

    Jesus said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. Mat. xxi. 24.

    So was it in the decay of the Roman empire, and likewise in the empire of Almaigne, after Charles the Great, every bird taking a feather. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    Spirit of vitriol poured to pure unmixed serum, coagulates it as if it had been boiled. Spirit of sea-salt makes a perfect coagulation of the serum likewise, but with some different phænomena. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

ChatGPT

  1. likewise

    Likewise is an adverb that means in the same manner, in a similar way, or in a corresponding way. It is used to indicate that something is true or applicable to someone or something mentioned previously, or to compare and relate two or more situations or actions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Likewisenoun

    in like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also

  2. Etymology: [See Wise, n.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'likewise' in Adverbs Frequency: #398

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of likewise in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of likewise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of likewise in a Sentence

  1. Sandy Farquhar:

    We all grew up in spite of our parents. I trust our children will do likewise.

  2. Hamid Baeedinejad:

    We have come here with very clear decisions that we have made, and we have expectations that our partners also would be deciding likewise on the key issues, now basically it is out partners that should makes those tough decisions that are necessary for concluding this part of the negotiations.

  3. Rep Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee:

    Over and over again, people at home tell us that their insurance has become too expensive to use. Premiums escalated by double digits in a single year, copayments and deductibles have likewise risen. People are learning that simply having an Obamacare insurance card is not the same as actual access to affordable healthcare.

  4. Robert L. Kruse, Data Structures and Program Design:

    An apprentice carpenter may want only a hammer and saw, but a master craftsman employs many precision tools. Computer programming likewise requires sophisticated tools to cope with the complexity of real applications, and only practice with these tools will build skill in their use.

  5. Bertel Hess:

    „I often saw Peter. It visited his aunt Henny and its Grandpa, which had likewise fled from Osnabrück and in Amsterdam lived now. It was shyly, very shy a very nice boy, and. He came often to Henny, if she had to repair something, Tischlerarbeiten or in such a way, such a thing made he for her. It was very quiet. “

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