Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

similarly

/ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: sim-i-lar-ly
IPA: /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a like style or manner.

adv

Used to link similar items.

Example Sentences

"The sisters dressed similarly."
"The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll."

Etymology

Etymology tree English similar Middle English -ly English -ly English similarly From similar + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/
British English: /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/

Inflected Forms

more similarly (comparative) most similarly (superlative)

Synonyms

likewise agreeably alike equivalently in kind otherways reciprocally similarly

Antonyms

contrarily differently dissimilarly

Questions

How do you pronounce similarly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪm.ə.lə.li/.
What does similarly mean?: In a like style or manner.
Where does similarly come from?: Etymology tree English similar Middle English -ly English -ly English similarly From similar + -ly.

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