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Part of Speech: Noun

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            1.                                           Exactly                                                           corresponding;                                                         resembling                                                         in                                                         all                                                           respects;                                                           precisely                                                         like.                                    

            2.                                           Nearly                                                           corresponding;                                                         resembling                                                         in                                                         many                                                           respects;                                                           somewhat                                                         like;                                                         having                                                           a                                                         general                                                         likeness.                                    

            3.                                           Homogenous;                                                         uniform.                                    
Part of Speech: noun

            1.                                           That                                                         which                                                         is                                                           similar                                                         to,                                                         or                                                           resembles,                                                           something                                                         else,                                                         as                                                         in                                                         quality,                                                         form,                                                           etc.                                    

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That, in a similar position, would not have been its effect on me, though I had doubtless quite as much; but these are things of individual humour, as to which no person can judge for another. - "Embarrassments", Henry James.
The other five then gave their evidence; it was similar to that of Tring, save that being in front of him they knew nothing of the attack by the Lascar. - "Colonel Thorndyke's Secret", G. A. Henty.
McGinnis added several similar stories of timber difficulties, and, supper being over, they got ready to turn in. - "The Boy With the U. S. Foresters", Francis Rolt-Wheeler.

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