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Webster 1913 Edition


Likewise

Like′wiseˊ

(līk′wīzˊ)
,
adv.
& c
onj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Likewise

LI'KEWISE

,
adv.
[like and wise.] In like manner; also; moreover; too.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Ps. 49.

Definition 2024


likewise

likewise

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Adverb

likewise (not comparable)

  1. (manner) In a similar manner.
    Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise, its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.
  2. (conjunctive) also; moreover; too.
    Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise.
    • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
      "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.'
  3. The same to you; used as a response.
    It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. Likewise, Mr Thompson.

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  • likewise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • likewise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911