alike
equally
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,570 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,552 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- equally also: likewise parents and teachers alike demanded reforms
- in a like manner they walk alike
adjective
- having the same or similar characteristics also: similar, like all politicians are alikethey looked utterly alike
alike in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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This distinction is alike obvious to good sense and right feeling.
The Attaché · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · Chapter 1
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To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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From the waist down these men wore all alike, as though in a uniform, the outward symbol of their calling.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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The sisters were alike in features and in their dainty, womanly ways, but in character they were a wide contrast.
A Countess from Canada · Bessie Marchant · Chapter 1
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He looked round at the highly polished utensils, at the table and floor both alike scrubbed clean by a vigorous northern arm.
Barlasch of the Guard · Henry Seton Merriman · Chapter 1