SIMILARLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does similarly mean? 

• SIMILARLY (adverb)
  The adverb SIMILARLY has 1 sense:

1. in like or similar manner

  Familiarity information: SIMILARLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMILARLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In like or similar manner

Synonyms:

likewise; similarly

Context example:

some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil

Pertainym:

similar (marked by correspondence or resemblance)

 Context examples 

Similarly, when they suppressed DUSP26 activity in mice, beta cells became healthier, meaning they could better secrete insulin.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When added in exact combinations over a period of several weeks, they transformed human pluripotent stem cells into beta cells that functioned similarly to normal adult beta cells.

(Developing Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes, NIH)

This raises the possibility that the organics were similarly processed in a warm water-rich environment.

(Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres, NASA)

Similarly, compared to single-born children, twins were more likely to belong to the highest screen time group.

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

Similarly, ASD risk was higher for those in the middle third (2.14 times) and highest third (3.62 times).

(Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists expect that many exoplanets would be similarly obscured.

(Sunsets on Titan reveal the complexity of hazy exoplanets, NASA)

Similarly, in the body, it could lead to increased risk of heart disease, coronary heart disease such as stroke … or Type 1 diabetes or Type 2 diabetes.

(Anti-inflammatory Drugs Also Fight Depression, Voanews)

Similarly, individuals who exercised more had lower levels of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid, including lower tau, a protein that builds up in the brains of people living with Alzheimer's disease.

(Rare Alzheimer's Disease Patients May Delay Cognitive Decline with Exercise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

His work determined that the rings respond to vibrations within the planet itself, acting similarly to the seismometers used to measure movement caused by earthquakes.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)

Similarly, phosphorylation of the protease caspase 9 or forkhead transcription factors by AKT block the induction of apoptosis by these factors.

(AKT Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)