semblablyadv.
/ˈsɛmbləbli/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb]
ylikeeOE
alsoOE
with likec1175
swilk12..
in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330
in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390
item1398
in likec1400
semblably1420
in like wise1422
likelya1425
likewisec1443
alikewisec1450
ylikedealc1450
in like casea1459
ylikewise1460
otherwaysc1485
semblable1490
sic-like1513
like1529
seemably1535
likeways1551
agreeably1561
fellowlikea1569
alliably1593
likewisely1605
in specie1632
similarly1657
resemblingly1661
kindredly1765
evenwise1866
1420 King Henry V in Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 907/1 Th' Accorde..was there Sworne by both the sayde Commissaires, yn name of our foresaid Fader; And semblably by Us in oure owne Name.
1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 34 That all other shall take fearfull example by hym, semblably to offende hereafter.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 21 A gallant knight he was, his name was Blunt, Semblably furnisht like the king himselfe. View more context for this quotation
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. xxiii. 133 Semblably, good showres doe breed Silphium.
1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. v. 167 The Idolatrous Tabernacle was called the Tabernacle of Moloch i.e. the King: Semblably the Mosaick Tabernacle was..held to be the Palace..of the Highest King, i.e. God.
2. Seemingly, apparently, speciously. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > seemingly or apparently
in semblant?a1366
quasi1485
cloakedlya1500
appearingly1554
in show1556
apparentlya1572
pearinglya1578
with show1614
seeminglya1616
seemingly1715
seemly1821
in semblance1864
semblably1889
mbu2002
1889 F. W. Farrar Lives Fathers I. x. 635 Martin saw through his semblably orthodox language.
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