Likewise
['laɪkwaɪz]
Definition
(n.) In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.
Typist: Nelda
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Also, too, besides, moreover, furthermore, in addition, to boot, in like manner.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:So, also, too, as_well, to_boot, besides
ANT:Not, otherwise
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Examples
- He was likewise furnished with a felt hat well garnished with turnpike tickets; and a carter's whip. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The broken-spirited, old, maternal grandfather was likewise subject to the little tyrant. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The test for the cows was likewise successful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The 'young gal' likewise occasioned me some uneasiness: not so much by neglecting to wash the plates, as by breaking them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Likewise, for Mrs Tapkins at Home, Wednesdays, Music, Portland Place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is not sufficient that the bottom be strong; the sides likewise must support their strain, and hence must be increased in strength with depth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The ex-butler had obtained a small freehold there likewise, which gave him a vote for the borough. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I likewise felt several slender ligatures across my body, from my arm-pits to my thighs. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- If a person be my brother I am his likewise: but though the relations be reciprocal they have very different effects on the imagination. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- As I love and honour, so likewise I obey. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have, returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, I have heard it all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I can price the Mounds to a fraction, and I know how they can be best disposed of; and likewise that they take no harm by standing where they do. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I--I am-- Thomasin began, giving way likewise. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It likewise tends to increase the direct action of the physical conditions of life, in relation to the constitution of each organism. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Bar was likewise always modest and self-depreciatory--in his way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Young John was gentle likewise. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The greater this surplus, the greater must likewise be the maintenance and employment of that class. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- So that in this particular, likewise, whirlwinds and water-spouts agree. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Israelites held them sacred in the old patriarchal times, and these other Arabs, their lineal descendants, do so likewise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I will give only one, as likewise illustrating one step in the separation of the sexes of plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Likewise that his extremely careless life has made him a very bad subject for it indeed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- An other piece of commonplace knowledge--the cardinal points of the compass--may be accepted, likewise, without inquiry or without recognition of its importance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr. Bagnet in the meantime has shaken hands with his old comrade and with Phil, on whom Mrs. Bagnet likewise bestows a good-humoured nod and smile. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When the minor came to de of age, another tax, called relief, was still due to the superior, which generally amounted likewise to a year's rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yes, and I hope to engage you to be serious likewise. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But these I have likewise endeavoured to show, in the same book, are expenses by which people are not very apt to ruin themselves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His niece was deep in thought likewise, trying to harden and prepare herself against farther questioning. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Slackbridge likewise sat down, wiping his hot forehead—always from left to right, and never the reverse way. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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