likewise
(ˈlaɪkwaɪz)
[abbreviated from in like wise: see like a. and wise n.]
† 1. (The full phrase.) in like wise: in the same manner. Obs.
| 1449 Rolls of Parlt. V. 148/1 As we have..besought the Kyngs Highnesse..in lyke wyse tenderly we desire all youre wysdomes. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ix. 225 Alarde began to synge..a new song..& Richarde dide in lykewyse. 1509 Bury Wills (Camden) 109 To y⊇ chyrch of All Seyntys in y⊇ same town in lykwyse xs. 1582 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 22 In lykewise Neptun thee God..apeered. 1673 Ray Journ. Low C. 183 If any be not present, he is searched out and brought in like wise. |
2. In the like or same manner, similarly; = 1. Obs. exc. arch. in to do likewise (after Luke x. 37).
| a 1460 Gregory's Chron. in Hist. Coll. Citizen Lond. (Camden) 133 Also lyke wyse al maner of personys of Hooly Chyrche obedyente unto us..shalle swere for too kepe thys present acorde. 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxxv. 150 Item they..may yssue out.. that owre whan the enemyes be not aware of..and likwyse to sawte them as they be sawted. 1534 Tindale Luke x. 37 Goo and do thou lyke wyse. 1535 Joye Apol. Tindale (Arb.) 9 And lyke wyse he plaith with the verb in Luke and in Marke. 1611 Bible Judg. vii. 17 Hee said vnto them, Looke on mee, and doe likewise. c 1625 Milton Death Fair Infant ii, He thought it toucht his Deitie full neer, If likewise he some fair one wedded not. 1828 J. H. Moore Pract. Navig. (ed. 20) p. xiv, Multiplication of Decimals is performed likewise as that of whole numbers. |
3. Also, as well, moreover, too.
| 1509 Fisher Funeral Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 290 Wherfore let vs consyder lyke wise whether [etc.]. 1604 E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxxviii. 314 There is likewise a small beast very common which they call Cuyes. 1747 Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 84 It is good likewise..in all Hypocondriacal cases. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 188, I had forgot to mention that his wife Was likewise lying dead. 1850 Tennyson In Mem. lxxxv. 53 Likewise the imaginative woe..Diffused the shock thro' all my life. 1880 Geikie Phys. Geog. Introd. 7 As there is a geographical distribution of climates, so likewise is there one of plants and animals. |
Hence † ˈlikewisely adv., similarly. † ˈlikewiseness, a similar method or manner.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iv. Columnes 327 Th'other, which cuts this equi-distantly..is (like-wisely) The second Colure. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., We..may either find better words..or at least coin fitter..in a likewiseness to the old, than [etc.]. |