Meanings
comparative more similarly · superlative most similarly
- mannerIn a like style or manner.
The sisters dressed similarly.
1 more example
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.
2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55Synonyms: likewise
- conjunctiveUsed to link similar items.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a like style or manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin like or similar manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ὁμοίως
- ὁμοίως (homoíōs)in a similar style or manner
Bulgarian подобно, по същия начин
- подобно (podobno)in a similar style or manner
- по същия начин (po săštija način)in a similar style or manner
Catalan semblantment
- semblantmentin a similar style or manner
Chinese Mandarin 類似地 /类似地, 同樣地 /同样地
- 類似地 /类似地 (lèisì de)in a similar style or manner
- 同樣地 /同样地 (tóngyàng de)in a similar style or manner
- 相似地 (xiāngsì de)in a similar style or manner
Czech podobně
- podobněin a similar style or manner
Dutch gelijk, evenzo
- gelijkin a similar style or manner
- evenzoin a similar style or manner
- op dezelfde manierin a similar style or manner
Esperanto simile
- similein a similar style or manner
Finnish samoin, samaten
- samoinin a similar style or manner
- samatenin a similar style or manner
- vastaavastiin a similar style or manner
French pareillement, semblablement
- pareillementin a similar style or manner
- semblablementin a similar style or manner
- similairementin a similar style or manner
German ähnlich
- ähnlichin a similar style or manner
Hebrew בדומה
- בדומה (bedome)in a similar style or manner
Hungarian hasonlóan
- hasonlóanin a similar style or manner
Irish mar an gcéanna, ar an mbealach céanna
- mar an gcéannain a similar style or manner
- ar an mbealach céannain a similar style or manner
- ar an gcuma chéannain a similar style or manner
Italian similarmente, similmente
- similarmentein a similar style or manner
- similmentein a similar style or manner
Japanese 同様に
- 同様に (dōyō ni)in a similar style or manner
Latin similiter
- similiterin a similar style or manner
Polish podobnie, analogicznie
- podobniein a similar style or manner
- analogiczniein a similar style or manner
Portuguese similarmente
- similarmentein a similar style or manner
Russian подо́бным о́бразом, та́к же
- подо́бным о́бразом (podóbnym óbrazom)in a similar style or manner
- та́к же (ták že)in a similar style or manner
- аналоги́чно (analogíčno)in a similar style or manner
- подо́бно (podóbno)in a similar style or manner
Scottish Gaelic mar an ceudna
- mar an ceudnain a similar style or manner
Spanish similarmente, igualmente
- similarmentein a similar style or manner
- igualmentein a similar style or manner
- asimismoin a similar style or manner
- de la misma manerain a similar style or manner
Swedish likadant, likaledes
- likadantin a similar style or manner
- likaledesin a similar style or manner
Cite this entry
similarly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/similarly
“similarly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/similarly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “similarly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/similarly.
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