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analogically

analogically

7.5
In a way that compares one thing to a similar thing
  • adverb
  • /əˌnæl.əˈdʒɪk.ə.li/
  • Formal
translation icon : analógicamente
  • The teacher explained the concept of gravity analogically by comparing it to a ball falling down a hill.
  • linked analogically

So Cambu, we switch back and then analogically to the condition of the of poverty in the developing world.

Examples

  • In her essay, she discussed the changes in society analogically, drawing parallels between past and present movements.

  • There you go from sin to glory or the peace of the city or and then analogically, this is the story of the soul.

  • So Cambu, we switch back and then analogically to the condition of the of poverty in the developing world.

  • This relation of reciprocity is linked analogically to the double-faced nature of the material of poetic construction: words.

    Academic text (1991)
  • As time went on, the mothers began commenting on their child's play, interpreting it analogically, such as: "Is that what Gramps was doing the other day?"

    Academic text (2003)
  • According to that particular reviewer, Brown's work was not a surface interpretation of the music but was instead an autonomous work in its own right, analogically related to the Bach work in its fundamental concepts.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Through the gap between them, the writer can allude to the ineffable, the sublime, or any other experience exceeding words in the only way possible: analogically.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Indeed, the proliferation of such mappings, McHale writes, fuels the reader's "growing suspicion that almost any character in this novel can be analogically related to almost any other character."

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the tradition derived from Scholasticism, faith refers either analogically to the power of faith (virtue fide) or univocally to the explicit act of faith (actus fide).

    Academic text (1991)
  • They approached the problem analogically, using examples from history to clarify their point.

Synonyms

similarly
vsanalogically
226 2.2

In the same way as what was just said

focuses on explicit comparison by analogy rather than general likeness
analogously
vsanalogically
  • Formal
1 6.8

In a way that is like another situation

is based on analogy and draws comparisons between similar cases

Antonyms

246 3.5

In the exact meaning of the words, not as an exaggeration

How Similar

exactly
1.0
closely
390 1.0
analogically
  • Formal
7.5
similarly
226 2.2
loosely
43 3.7

Surface Forms

analogically positive
analogicallyer comparative
analogicallyest superlative

Morphology

analogically = analogical (transparent) = analogy + ical + ly

The adverb is a regular -ly formation from the adjective 'analogical', so the manner relation is directly derived.

Etymology

Analogically comes from analogy, a word that originally meant 'comparison' or 'proportion' in Greek. So to reason analogically is to make an analogy — to compare a new case to one you already know.