Similarly
['sɪməlɚli]
Definition
(adv.) 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.
Checker: Susie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a similar manner.
Checker: Phyllis
Examples
- Stripping his harness from him I securely bound his hands behind his back, and after similarly fastening his feet tied him to a heavy gun carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Similarly, it might be said that the dress was the Queen of Dresses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A happy circumstance for France, as the like always is for all countries similarly favoured! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Similarly, the soil is formed from the overhanging mountains; it is washed as sediment into the sea; it is elevated, after consolidation, into the overhanging mountains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Similarly it can be shown that the center of the arrow will be at the point _T_, and we see that the image is larger than the object. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Similarly,' resumes Wegg, 'I have observations as I can offer upon certain points and parties; but I make no objections, Mr Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Similarly, in connection with the storage battery, after having experimented continuously for three years, it was found to fall below his expectations, and its manufacture had to be stopped. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had a large wide-awake hat of the sombrero pattern then generally used in this country, and a rough, brown overcoat, cut somewhat similarly to his Prince Albert coat. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In India, where zinc and copper ore occur together, brass (which is an alloy of the two metals) was similarly hit upon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You have no more nat'ral sense of duty than the bed of this here Thames river has of a pile, and similarly it must be knocked into you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Other people have been similarly buried in worse prisons, before now. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Similarly Cavend ish had found that water results from the combination of oxygen and hydrogen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I was similarly equipped, and, following the stream, I made my way into the open air. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Empress said the Americans were favorites in Russia, and she hoped the Russians were similarly regarded in America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Similarly she mightn't. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The pit end of the bed is similarly constructed for a distance of about six feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Several times we passed the entrances to other chambers similarly peopled, and twice again we were compelled to cross directly through them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Similarly with Charlotte. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At No. 5 a piece of paper saturated with liquid air burns with great energy, and at No. 6 a piece of sponge or raw cotton similarly saturated explodes when ignited. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As likewise,' added John, 'similarly was her gen-teel family. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Similarly the particles of air set into motion by a sounding body impart their motion to each other, the motion being transmitted onward without any perceptible motion of the air itself. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Similarly, if a white hat is placed in a blue light, it will reflect all the light which falls upon it, namely, blue light, and will appear blue. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She is to be similarly trained both in bodily and mental exercises. Plato. The Republic.
- Similarly, touching the wire one fourth of its length from an end makes it vibrate in four segments; touching it one fifth of its length makes it vibrate in five segments. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Similarly, I must have my smoke. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And similarly in these maps we give, they represent not the truth, but something like the truth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were similar communities; in parallel circumstances they would have behaved similarly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Similarly, to the nineteenth century thirteen important theoretical discoveries are ascribed, to the eighteenth only two, and to the seventeenth five. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Similarly, if I pay for a secretary, I buy HIM out and out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Phyllis