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 Despite the identically horrible records, these teams are in different places. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 The goal is not to make everyone experience the organization identically but to build the structures, relationships and learning processes that allow teams and leaders to work cohesively in a positive organizational cultural environment. — Gwen Mdinaradze, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Garelick recalled about the real moment, which was dramatized almost identically. — Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Both old and new models start with a base 1TB SSD that scales up identically across 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, and 16TB options. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026 Kate and Rooney Mara, appearing together — oh so together — for the first time, are endlessly fascinating playing two sisters who speak and react simultaneously and identically, less a pair of people than a palimpsest of a single person. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026 Several alternatives perform almost identically to classic cream. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026 In April, software developer Noah Iarrobino released Carrier Pidge, which functions almost identically to Roost. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for identically

Adverb

In the cursed days of auto-sync, pre-mixed sets, and the celebrity spinner, few have done as much to defend the noble art of the DJ as Felix Manuel, aka Djrum, a selector who combines galactically expansive taste with equally vast technical skill.

— Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
On the microphone, his promos conveyed a no-nonsense intensity that equally gripped viewers.

— Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of equally

Adverb

Now on their fifth release, All Inside Aquarium, the band has moved beyond—or maybe more accurately, before—all this for an album that (mostly) sounds like it could’ve been released in 1991.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Regardless of these details, the results rather accurately reproduced the chaos in the brain so many researchers claimed psychedelics caused.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of accurately

Adverb

That’s because the screenplay, whenever it’s set inside the Grenada conference room, comes verbatim from the transcript written by a Congressional stenographer for posterity.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of verbatim

Adverb

The story’s main conceit was that scientists discover an Earth-like planet directly opposite our own in the same orbit around the sun, always hidden from our vantage point.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
Trump posted a video Thursday night that directly called El-Sayed a member of the group, which was founded in Egypt; his administration has designated chapters as terrorist organizations.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of directly

Adverb

Opponents worry that the changes would mean less money getting invested in rural housing, precisely when housing affordability issues are hitting those areas the hardest.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
This is precisely the personal-agent-as-buyer scenario this piece is built around, now shipping to consumers.

— Richard Freisberg, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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