different between alike vs similarly
alike
English
Etymology
From Middle English alike, alyke, alyche, aleche, and earlier ilike, ilik, ylike, yliche, ylich, elik, ?elic, from Old English ?el?? (“like; alike; similar; equal”) and Old English onl??, anl?? ("like; similar; equal"; > Middle English anlike, onlich (compare German ähnlich), reinforced by Old Norse álíkr, from Proto-Germanic *gal?kaz (“alike, similar”). Cognate with Scots elyke, alyke (“like, alike”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like, alike”), West Frisian lyk, gelyk (“like, alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German Low German liek, gliek (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Swedish lik (“like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??la?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Adjective
alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)
- Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
- The twins were alike.
Derived terms
- alikeness
Translations
Adverb
alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)
- In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
Derived terms
- share and share alike
Translations
Anagrams
- Kalie, alkie
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similarly
English
Etymology
From similar +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?m?l?li/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?m?l?li/
Adverb
similarly (comparative more similarly, superlative most similarly)
- (manner) In a like style or manner.
- Synonym: likewise
- (conjunctive) Used to link similar items
Translations
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