单词 | similarly |
释义 | similarlyadv. 1. In a similar or like manner; to a similar or comparable extent. 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 1657 T. Goodwin State of Glory 9 The Text here sayes, Who hath wrought us: There similarly, We are his Workmanship. 1732 B. Robinson Treat. Animal Oecon. i. 54 Since the Systems were similar, and similarly situated, no Doubt can be made, but that the Velocities in corresponding Branches were likewise in the same Proportion. 1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. I. 149 Calcareous Spar, in still more distinct, similarly aggregated Pyramids. 1801 J. Foster Let. 14 Dec. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 141 I have been..just the same kind of being I was before, and just similarly employed. 1859 Christian Remembrancer 38 223 In that case, all other rivers..ought to overflow similarly. 1937 Aeroplane 16 June 724/1 The landing-on is organised similarly to the flying-off. 1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 53/2 De Niro was in Topsiders with no socks, baggy pants, and a shirt over his trousers... Scorsese was dressed similarly. 2015 P. B. Wignall Worst of Times vii. 158 The next great oceanic anoxic event..was a similarly fascinating but relatively harmless episode. 2. Used as a sentence adverb, to introduce a point, comment, or observation which is similar or related to one just made. ΚΠ 1809 R. Woodhouse Treat. Plane & Spherical Trigonom. 91 Since A is the pole of EF, the arc of a great circle from A, to any point in EF, and therefore to E, is a quadrant; similarly, since C is the pole of DE, the arc of a great circle from C, to any point in DE, and therefore to E, is a quadrant. 1839 A. J. W. Morrison tr. H. Ritter Hist. Anc. Philos. III. ix. v. 308 There can be no love without a return, still the better part of love consists in loving, and not in being loved... Similarly, to do is better than to receive a kindness. 1920 P. J. Fryer Insect Pests & Fungus Dis. Fruit & Hops viii. 35 When the word ‘maggot’ is employed, it is always intended to refer to the larva stage of a fly or sawfly... Similarly the word ‘grub’ is reserved for use when a beetle..is spoken of. 1995 Arena Dec. 173/3 Many supporters see marijuana on prescription as only the first step; similarly, those who oppose it see legal use by sick people as a Trojan horse for wholesale legalisation. 2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics v. 264 Calypso was the rage in the 1950s..and Jamaican ska was popular throughout the islands. Similarly, beguine..held sway in the Antilles. Compounds Combining with adjectives and past and present participles to form adjectives, as similarly-coloured, similarly-named, etc. ΚΠ 1729 A. Motte tr. I. Newton Math. Princ. Nat. Philos. II. ii. vii. 113 If all the similar and similarly situated parts of both systems be at rest among themselves. 1806 Retrospect Philos., Mech., Chem., & Agric. Discov. 2 492 The liquid becomes first green, then blue (in both which states a similarly coloured precipitate is thrown down by water). 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 108 The parts first fused are gathered on the end of a similarly fabricated rod, in a welding state. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. ii. xix. 680 An example of the similarly-fatal influence of undue emotion. 1880 Bath (Maine) Independent 25 Sept. The knife-like wheel only fills the call slits on the tape in the office for which it is intended..and the similarly-moving wheels in every other office failing to fit the slits, have no impression. 1931 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 17 Oct. 2/1 Miniature baskets of orange and black..filled with similarly-colored candies. 1948 Daily Mail 10 Aug. 4/7 Three who ran well for the Goodwood Stewards' Cup are among the runners for the similarly-named Nottingham race..of the same distance..today. 2001 Contact May 93/1 If your mobile has an infra-red port it can..send information to a similarly-equipped mobile phone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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