likewise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in like or similar manner
    similarly.
    • He was similarly affected
    • some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil"- Samuel Johnson
  2. adverb in addition
    also; as well; too; besides.
    • he has a Mercedes, too
  3. adverb equally
    alike.
    • parents and teachers alike demanded reforms

WordNet


Like"wise` adverb & conjunction
Etymology
See Wise, n.
Definitions
  1. In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.
    Go, and do thou likewise. Luke x. 37.
    For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. Ps. xlix. 10.

Webster 1913