3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

likewise

adverb

1: 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 [syn: {similarly}]

2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: {besides}, {too}, {also}, {as well}]

3: equally; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms" [syn: {alike}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Likewise \Like"wise'\ (l[imac]k"w[imac]z'), adverb & conj. [See {Wise}, noun] In like manner; also; moreover; too. See {Also}.

Go, and do thou likewise. --Luke x. 37.

For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. --Ps. xlix. 10.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

66 Moby Thesaurus words for "likewise": above, additionally, again, alike, all included, along, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, and so, as is, as well, au reste, beside, besides, beyond, coequally, coextensively, coincidentally, congruently, correspondently, correspondingly, coterminously, ditto, either, else, en plus, equally, extra, farther, for lagniappe, further, furthermore, ibid, ibidem, identically, in addition, in kind, in like manner, in that way, inter alia, into the bargain, item, just the same, like, like that, like this, more, moreover, on the side, on top of, over, plus, same here, similarly, so, synonymously, the same way, then, therewith, thus, to boot, too, yet

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