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akin | likewise |

As an adjective akin

is (of persons) of the same kin; related by blood.

As an adverb likewise is

(manner) in a similar manner.

akin

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
  • * 1722 , , Moll Flanders , ch. 23:
    • We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.
  • (often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
  • * 1677 , , The Court of the Gentiles , T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:
    • Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?
  • * 1710 , anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator , vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:
    • She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.
  • * 1814 , , Mansfield Park , ch. 44:
    • Such sensations, however, were too near akin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies.
  • * 1837 , , The Pickwick Papers , ch. 39:
    • Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.
  • * 1910 , , "Old Well-Well," Success (July):
    • Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

    Usage notes

    * This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    likewise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * likewize

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (manner) In a similar manner.
    • Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise , its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.
  • (conjunctive) also; moreover; too.
    • Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise .
  • * about 1900 , O. Henry,
    • "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 and I was playin' sick. Lemme alone.'
  • The same to you; (used as a response).
    • It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. &
  • x2015; Likewise , Mr Thompson.

    • Synonyms

    * (in a similar manner) similarly

    External links

    * * English conjunctive adverbs English manner adverbs English responses