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IN A SIMILAR WAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in a similar way mean? 

IN A SIMILAR WAY (adverb)
  The adverb IN A SIMILAR WAY has 1 sense:

1. with something of the same kindplay

  Familiarity information: IN A SIMILAR WAY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IN A SIMILAR WAY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

With something of the same kind

Synonyms:

in a similar way; in kind

Context example:

she pays him back in kind


 Context examples 


"However, if it becomes as covered in meltwater ponds very quickly as Larsen B was, it can collapse in a similar way."

(Reframing the dangers Antarctica's meltwater ponds pose to ice shelves and sea level, National Science Foundation)

Two of the objects in this image were discovered in a similar way.

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

This is effectively the plant cells communicating their timing with neighbouring cells, in a similar way to how schools of fish and flocks of birds coordinate their movements by interacting with their neighbours.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

The coming night might see my own body a banquet in a similar way to those horrid three.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"A" is often used to denote something or someone of a better or more prestigious quality or status: A, A+ or A*, the best grade that can be assigned by teachers for students' schoolwork; A grade for clean restaurants; A-List celebrities, etc. The number 1 is used in a similar way.

(A, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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