ylike

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ġelīce.

Adverb

ylike (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) similarly; alike
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:

     So both together, ylike felly bent, / Like fiercely met.

Anagrams

• Kiely, Kiley, Kylie, kiley, kylie, likey

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• ȝelic, ilike, yliche, iliche, elike

Etymology 1

From Old English ġelīc (“like, alike, similar, equal, suitable, likely”). More at alike.

Adjective

ylike

1. alike

Adverb

ylike

1. alike

Descendants

• English: alike, like
• Scots: ylike, ylyke, elike, elyke

Etymology 2

From Old English ġelīca (“an equal”).

Noun

ylike (plural ylikes)

1. an equal, peer