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# identically

«identically» in Mova's school dictionary: **In exactly the same way; with no differences** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (identically)

### meaning for a pupil

In exactly the same way; with no differences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: two shapes that are identically sized are congruent; numbers written identically are the same. In science: experiments must be done identically to be a fair test. In everyday life: twins dressed identically. Phrase: identically dressed.

### examples

- The twins were dressed identically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#x1)
- Do both tests identically so it is fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#x2)
- The two triangles are identically shaped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#x3)
- All the cupcakes were decorated identically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#x4)
- The robots moved identically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#x5)
- The two copies were printed identically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/#x6)

### note

From identical + -ly. Note the spelling: -ically. Similar: exactly the same, alike. In a maths problem, «identically» means the amounts are equal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «identically» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identically/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.