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resemble
adverbs
closely
• This poem closely resembles an earlier one.
strongly/greatly
• The ancient tools discovered in Ethiopia strongly resemble those found in Tanzania.
vaguely
(= slightly )
• I heard a weird sound vaguely resembling the bark of a dog.
superficially
(= in its appearance )
• Termites resemble ants superficially.
phrases
nothing remotely resembling something
(= nothing at all like something or as good as something )
• Nothing remotely resembling a cure has been found.
resemble nothing so much as something
(= look or seem rather like something )
• The building resembled nothing so much as giant beehive.
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verb ADV. closely, greatly, strongly, very much He very much resembles a friend of mine. | in no way, not remotely He does not resemble his brother in any way. I have never seen anything remotely resembling the horrors of that day. | faintly, in some respects/ways, rather, somewhat, superficially, vaguely | oddly, uncannily VERB + RESEMBLE be designed to The house was designed to resemble a church. | tend to PREP. in The meat resembles chicken in flavour.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary