It sounded like a fine idea.
2.133 Like has the comparative more like and less like, and the superlative most like and least like.
It made her seem less like a child.
Of all his children, she was the one most like me.
2.134 You can use words like exactly and just in front of like.
He looks just like a baby.
She looked like a queen, just exactly like a queen
This is explained in paragraph 2.165.
same as
2.135 If you want to say that one thing is exactly like something else, you can say that it is the same as the other thing.
The rich are the same as the rest of us.
The same as can be followed by a noun phrase, a pronoun, or a clause.
24 Spring Terrace was the same as all its neighbours.
Her colouring was the same as mine.
The furnishings are not exactly the same as they were when we lived there.
If two or more things are exactly like each other, you can say that they are the same.
Come and look! They’re exactly the same.
They both taste the same.
You use the same when you are comparing people or things with other people or things that you have just mentioned.
It looks like a calculator and weighs about the same.
The message was the same.
The end result is the same.
Note that you use the opposite and the reverse in a similar way.
The kind of religious thoughts I had were just the opposite.
Some people think that a healthy diet is expensive, but in fact the reverse is true.
2.136 You can use words like nearly and exactly in front of the same as and the same.
They are virtually the same as other single cells.
You two look exactly the same.
Here is a list of words used in the same way with the same as and the same:
almost
exactly
just
more or less
much
nearly
virtually
These words are explained in paragraphs 2.140 to 2.168.
2.137 You can put a noun such as size, length, or colour after the same. For example, if you want to say that one street is as long as another one, you can say that the first street is the same length as the second one, or that the two streets are the same length.
Its brain was about the same size as that of a gorilla.
They were almost the same height.
adjectives meaning the same
2.138 The adjectives alike, comparable, equivalent, identical, and similar are also used to say that two or more things are like each other. You can put the preposition to after all of them except alike in order to mention the second of the things being compared.
They all looked alike.
The houses were all identical.
Flemish is similar to Afrikaans.
modifying adjectives used in comparisons
2.139 When you want to suggest that you are comparing different amounts of a quality, you can use words like comparatively, relatively, and equally.
Psychology’s a comparatively new subject.
The costs remained relatively low.
Her technique was less dramatic than Ann’s, but equally effective.
He was extra polite to his superiors.
Talking about different amounts of a quality
2.140 When you want to say something more about the quality that an adjective describes, you can use a submodifying adverb such as very or rather with it. You do this in order to indicate the amount of the quality, or to intensify it.
submodifying adverbs: extremely narrow, slightly different
2.141 Because qualitative adjectives are gradable, allowing you to say how much or how little of the quality is relevant, you are more likely to use submodifying adverbs (words like extremely or slightly) with them than with other types of adjective.
…an extremely narrow road.
…a highly successful company.
…in a slightly different way.
I was extraordinarily happy.
…helping them in a strongly supportive way.
…a very pretty girl.
She seems very pleasant.
…a rather clumsy person.
His hair was rather long.
2.142 You can use words like very and extremely with some classifying adjectives (see paragraphs 2.146 to 2.148) and with colour adjectives (see paragraph 2.35). Note that most -ed adjectives can be modified by words such as very and extremely, just like other qualitative adjectives.
…a very frightened little girl.
…an extremely disappointed young man.
intensifying qualitative adjectives
2.143 You can use many submodifying adverbs like very or extremely with qualitative adjectives in order to intensify their meaning.
…extremely high temperatures.
Geoffrey was a deeply religious man.
France is heavily dependent on foreign trade.
Here is a list of words used to intensify the meaning of adjectives:
amazingly
awfully
bitterly
critically
dangerously
deeply
delightfully
disturbingly
dreadfully