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akin

[ uh-kin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
allied by nature; having the same properties:
Something akin to vertigo was troubling her.
Synonyms: parallel, comparable, analogous, similar, cognate
having or showing an affinity; kindred:
They are emotionally but not intellectually akin.

akin

/ əˈkɪn /

Origin of akin¹

First recorded in 1580–90; a- ², kin

But Huckabee (akin to Elizabeth Warren on the left) is like an ice cream sundae.

In my eyes she killed those people… exposing a gay person like this is akin to torturing him slowly to death.

Would that kind of publication be akin today to having a campaign blog or Twitter feed?

The question, almost akin to a riddle, is certainly a relevant one to anybody in a creative field.

I can appreciate the perspective that my experience is akin to visiting a human zoo.

At an early date we find, further, a perfectly useless kind of imitation which is more akin to that of art.

While Jos spoke, something akin to kindness crept through the hard, somber lines, the lips twitched and the eyes softened.

For once in her selfish and vulgar mind the countess-dowager felt a feeling akin to fear.

Be this as it may, she was in any case akin to the king or queen, and was by them entrusted to the care of St. Merwynn of Romsey.

Something akin to a chill moved along Bill's spinal column at the thought.

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