IDENTICALLY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

identically

adverb

Definition of identically

as in equally

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as in accurately

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Recent Examples of identically Football teams have never trained every player identically; a 300-pound lineman and a 180-pound defensive back have different jobs, bodies and physical demands. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Checking whether someone’s disability behaves identically every day is the most damaging thing a manager can do. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The songs from the original are all back and arranged identically, with the obligatory new song relegated to the end credits. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026 Four cards are included, and all of the locks in the same pack are coded identically, so there’ll be no issue if a card ever goes missing. — Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 For categories like swim, function is important, and Lycra EcoMade is said to perform identically to conventional Lycra while also resisting wear from sunscreen, UV exposure and chlorine. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 6 July 2026 Everything was laid out identically to Star Fox 64, with controls and combat that felt virtually the same. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026 Finally, the sample of respondents who completed all questions in the survey was weighted identically as well as to the result for the 2026 general election horse-race question (including voters leaning a certain way) on the full sample. — New York Times, 21 May 2026 Essentially, each type of peptide has a unique function—not all peptides function identically. — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for identically

Adverb

Basic groceries like milk, cheese, eggs, and pancake mix are also available, though guests are equally free to bring their own supplies to cook in their rooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Both sides rotated halfway through, giving two ‘starting XIs’ 60 minutes of game-time each, balancing the load out equally across their squads.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of equally

Adverb

For decades, the Self Sufficiency Standard, whose definition voters later approved verbatim as the True Cost of Living, has measured the real cost of meeting basic needs across more than 700 household types and neighborhoods.

— Aldrin Rafael Bonilla, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
That framing landed almost verbatim in the press coverage that followed.

— Zachary Utz, STAT, 15 May 2026

Definition of verbatim

Adverb

Where the claims fall short The gap between a viral claim and a lifelong habit is exactly what White wants people to keep in mind.

— Olivia LaBorde, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
But that’s exactly what happens here when the central character Gemma (Amelia Eve, The Haunting of Bly Manor), a single mother with a young daughter, visits Clare (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), a tattoo artist and part-time medium.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of exactly

Adverb

There’s no clear explanation for why, precisely, liberals tend to have fewer children than conservatives do.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
The mission also carries instruments from Egypt, Switzerland, Bahrain and Italy; the latter country’s instrument is a small laser retroreflector on the lander that can be used to precisely measure distances from orbiters to the lunar surface.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of precisely

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