さながら

Also written 宛ら

Meanings

1. Adverb just like; exactly like; as if; as though (oft. followed by a form of ようだ)
2. Suffix (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ... (after a noun; oft. as ～に or ～の)

Example sentences

• ３人の少年はさながら猿のように木に登った。
  Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.

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