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likewise

/ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/ adverb B2
  1. In a similar manner. · Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise, its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.· Come at six, and I’ll do likewise.
  2. also; moreover; too. · Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise.
  3. The same to you; used as a response. · It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. ― Likewise, Mr Thompson.· ‘Let me know if you need any help.’ ‘Likewise.’
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Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 3 · B2
She said, “All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered.” Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, “I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried.” He said to her, “If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 28 · B2
He bore it with noble indifference; and she would have imagined that Bingley had received his sanction to be happy, had she not seen his eyes likewise turned towards Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 318 · B2
“He is also handsome,” replied Elizabeth, “which a young man ought likewise to be if he possibly can.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 13 · B2

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