SIMILARLY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

similarly

adverb

Definition of similarly

as in also

in like manner all the other men were removing their ties, so I did similarly

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Recent Examples of similarly The announcement came just over a week after his rival for the last two titles, Max Verstappen, similarly committed to 2030 with Red Bull. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 The story comes about a year after a New Orleans couple made a similarly mysterious discovery in their backyard. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Yankees fans might be getting flashbacks of Boone’s defense for Anthony Volpe, who similarly faded into inconsistency after emerging as the apparent heir to the franchise’s shortstop role. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Within a span of four months in Fort Worth last year, Watkins and Snellings were killed in similarly brutal attacks in the Near Southside and Historic Southside sections of the city. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 Van de Kerkhof similarly said an expression of interest or letter of intent is insufficient for a first-of-a-kind facility seeking debt financing. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 Maybe some say punk rock or whatever but anything that was being put out by similarly minded people was indie to me. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026 Many of the overuse injuries seen among video game players are also familiar to assembly-line workers, whose jobs can involve similarly repetitive movements. — Erica D. Henn, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Sarah Fontanez, the founder of Pomme House in Central Florida, feels similarly. — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026

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Crump also made a Facebook post about the Blytheville incident on Saturday, which had been shared more than 4,000 times as of Sunday afternoon.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
Her conversation with John also divulges the depths of his entwinement with current ring-bearer Hal Jordan, via a flashback to when John was a baby, in the all-important year of 1986.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of also

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Only one person in this friend group is knowingly connected to a violent cult, so are we supposed to view him as a potential suspect?

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Business is so strong that management felt comfortable enough to provide a financial outlook further into the future than ever before.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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