ylike

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ġelīce.

Adverb

ylike (not comparable)

(obsolete) similarly; alike
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
  So both together, ylike felly bent, / Like fiercely met.

Anagrams

Kiely, Kiley, Kylie, kiley, kylie, likey

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

alike

Adverb

ylike

alike

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Old English ġelīca (“an equal”).

Noun

ylike (plural ylikes)

an equal, peer

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