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identically

identically

9 3.9
In exactly the same way as another thing does
  • adverb
  • /aɪˈdɛntɪkli/
translation icon : idénticamente
  • Additionally, courts have consistently held that the doctrines of race and sex discrimination are treated identically under Title VII.
  • treated identically
  • behaved identically
  • identically distributed

Both of them perform actually identically.

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Examples

  • The rule is broader; it compels the government to treat identically situated people equally.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Defusing this rivalry entails treating both children identically, lest they hurt each other.

    Academic text (2001)
  • You have to have them identically put on top of each other and then one can just slide around like that.

  • These guys were on an end mill making seven of these identically every single time.

  • You take two of the cameras, you price them identically.

  • Extinction sessions were conducted identically to those in Experiment 1.

    Academic text (2016)
  • So we've got almost identically the same voltage on my homemade battery as I have on the car battery.

  • Sixty-six percent of the patients rated high risk at admission were identically rated at discharge.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The mainstays of their wardrobes are almost identically tailored suits made of sensible, sturdy fabrics like tweed and worsted wool.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The two drugs performed nearly identically in reducing fracture risk in the spine and hip.

Synonyms

so
vsidentically
1.0

In the same way

implies complete sameness not just similar manner
just like
vsidentically
1.0

Exactly in the same way as someone or something else

is exact sameness without implying casual usage
much as
vsidentically
502 2.5

In the same way as someone or something

is stricter, stressing total sameness rather than approximate likeness
just as
vsidentically
317 1.0

In the same way as another action

is focused on perfect sameness rather than general similarity
similarly
vsidentically
226 2.2

In the same way as what was just said

indicates full sameness, not only resembling a prior case
likewise
vsidentically
153 3.6

In the same way as someone or something else

covers exact sameness too, but often used for similarity
alike
vsidentically
64 1.0

In the same way for different people or things

often requires exact sameness, not merely similar traits
'zackly the same
vsidentically
  • Informal
9.9

Completely the same in every detail

is complete sameness regardless of formality or context

How Similar

identically
9 3.9
similarly
226 2.2
differently
780 1.1

Surface Forms

identically positive

Morphology

identically = identical (transparent) = identical + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'identical' using -ly; the meaning 'in an identical way' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Identically comes from the old Latin root idem, which means 'the same', and it is related to familiar words like identity and identify that talk about what something is. So, to do something identically is to do it in 'exactly the same' way as something else.