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likewise - 4 dictionary results

like⋅wise

[lahyk-wahyz]
–adverb
1. moreover; in addition; also; too: She is likewise a fine lawyer.
2. in like manner; in the same way; similarly: I'm tempted to do likewise.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; earlier in like wise in a like way. See like 1 , wise 2
like·wise   (līk'wīz')   
adv.  
  1. In the same way; similarly: "Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil" (Samuel Johnson).
  2. As well; also.

Likewise

Like"wise`\ (l[imac]k"w[imac]z`), adv. & conj. [See Wise, n.] 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.
Language Translation for : likewise
Spanish: igualmente, del mismo modo,
German: ebenfalls,
Japanese: 同様に

likewise 
1489, from the phrase in like wise "in the same manner" (1449), from like (adj.).
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