English
semblably
From semblable + -ly.
A compound of semblable + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
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Proto-Italic *semalis ‘similiar’
Latin similis ‘similar’
Late Latin similāre ‘a fax machine’
Old French sembler ‘to be like’
English semblable
Today it means
adv In a similar way; similarly.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “semblably”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / semblably