likewise en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/
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Etymology
From Middle English lykewise, lykewyse, lyke wyse, lijk wise, a shortened form of Middle English in lik wise (“in like wise”); equivalent to like + -wise. Compare with otherwise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a similar manner.
Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise, its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.
Come at six, and I’ll do likewise.
Chu Li-chih in late 1941 was director of the board of trade and president of the Border Region Bank in the Shen-Kan-Ning border government. Kuo Hung-t'ao served as secretary of the Shen-Kan-Ning Party Committee, the highest party post in the area, until 1938, when he was transferred to the Shansi-Chahar-Hopeh area where he likewise became secretary of the Party Committee. After Kuo's transfer, Kao Kang replaced his rival in the top party post in Shen-Kan-Ning and thereafter steadily increased his power within the border region as the leading figure among Shensi communists.
1971, Mark Selden, “From Land Revolution to United Front: The Shen-Kan-Ning Soviet, 1935–1936”, in The Yenan Way in Revolutionary China, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:
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(conjunctive, not-comparable) also; moreover; too.
"But it looks like the kid ain't got no appetite to git well, for they misses him from the tent in the night and finds him rootin' in the grass, and likewise a drizzle fallin'. 'G'wan,' he says, 'lemme go and die like I wanter. He said I was a liar and a fake'—McGuire says—'and I was playin' sick. Lemme alone.'
1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 179, column 1:Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise.
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(not-comparable) The same to you; used as a response.
It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. ― Likewise, Mr Thompson.
‘Let me know if you need any help.’ ‘Likewise.’
Antonyms
Synonyms
similarly (in a similar manner) · thuswise
Translations (120)
oc semblablament (in like manner) · cmn 彼此 (the same to you) · sh također (the same to you) · tr aynen (in like manner) · de ebenfalls (in like manner) · de auch so (the same to you) · pt igualmente (the same to you) · tr bilmukabele (in like manner) · pt igualmente (in like manner) · rsk на исти способ (in like manner) · uk поді́бно (in like manner) · ar أَيْضًا (in like manner) · cs podobně (in like manner) · nl op gelijkwaardige wijze (in like manner) · oc parièirament (in like manner) · pt similarmente (in like manner) · da ligeledes (in like manner) · eo siavice (in like manner) · ru подо́бным о́бразом (in like manner) · is sömuleiðis (in like manner) · hu úgyszintén (in like manner) · cmn 類似地 /类似地 (in like manner) · hu nemkülönben (in like manner) · fr pareillement (the same to you) · es con las mismas (in like manner) · is jafnframt (in like manner) · ca ídem (in like manner) · no i like måte (the same to you) · tr bilmukabele (the same to you) · hu hasonlóképpen (in like manner) · ru та́к же (in like manner) · de gleichfalls (the same to you) · hu viszont kívánom (the same to you) · cmn 同樣地 /同样地 (in like manner) · nl op gelijkaardige wijze (in like manner) · bg подобно (the same to you) · es ídem (in like manner) · es del mismo modo (in like manner) · is líka (in like manner) · prg anawīdai (in like manner) · nl insgelijks (the same to you) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (in like manner) · de gleichfalls (in like manner) · ar بِالمِثْل (in like manner) · hu éppúgy (in like manner) · hu szintúgy (in like manner) · fr de même (the same to you) · ru аналоги́чно (in like manner) · gd mar an ceudna (in like manner) · ar بِالمِثْل (the same to you) · izh samoin (in like manner) · nl eveneens (in like manner) · ar عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاء (in like manner) · fo somuleiðis (in like manner) · yi גם־אַתּם (the same to you) · pl nawzajem (the same to you) · ja 同様に (in like manner) · ar كَذٰلِك (in like manner) · da i lige måde (the same to you) · nl evenzo (in like manner) · nb likeledes (in like manner) · it altrettanto (the same to you) · ca igualment (the same to you) · grc ὁμοίως (in like manner) · sw kadhalika (in like manner) · hu ugyancsak (the same to you) · la item (in like manner) · el επίσης (the same to you) · oc similarament (in like manner) · de ebenso (in like manner) · he כנ״ל (the same to you) · id sama-sama (the same to you) · hu ugyanúgy (in like manner) · de ebenfalls (the same to you) · ru и тебе́ того́ же (the same to you) · ru и ва́м того́ же (the same to you) · uk аналогі́чно (in like manner) · is slíkt hið sama (in like manner) · it parimenti (the same to you) · sv detsamma (the same to you) · arz كدا (in like manner) · hu viszont (the same to you) · ja そちらこそ (the same to you) · ga mar an gcéanna (in like manner) · it idem (the same to you) · sv likaledes (in like manner) · es igualmente (the same to you) · izh samoittee (in like manner) · it parimenti (in like manner) · cmn 相似地 (in like manner) · hu úgyszintén (the same to you) · tr keza (in like manner) · de ähnlich (in like manner) · hu hasonlóképp (in like manner) · uk навзає́м (the same to you) · fi samoin (in like manner) · uk тако́ж (in like manner) · fr idem (the same to you) · it similmente (in like manner) · mi waihoki (in like manner) · uk і вам того ж (the same to you) · he כְּמוֹ כֵן (in like manner) · bg подобно (in like manner) · pl podobnie (in like manner) · ru подо́бно (in like manner) · es similarmente (in like manner) · fr de même (in like manner) · fi samoin (the same to you) · de ebenso (the same to you) · it similarmente (in like manner) · ru взаи́мно (the same to you) · it ugualmente (in like manner) · io same (in like manner) · pl wzajemnie (the same to you) · fr pareillement (in like manner) · oc parivament (in like manner) · tr hakeza (in like manner) · is á sama hátt (in like manner) · ca igualment (in like manner) · is sömuleiðis (the same to you)