Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In the same way; similarly.
  • adverb As well; also.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In like manner; moreover; also; too.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In like manner; also; moreover; too. See also.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb manner In a similar manner.
  • adverb conjunctive also; moreover; too.
  • adverb The same to you; used as a response.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in addition
  • adverb in like or similar manner
  • adverb equally

Etymologies

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Shortened from in like wise; equivalent to like +‎ -wise.

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