unsimilar

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They offered him the money he needed, but insisted the film deal with the not altogether unsimilar story of the Black Panther, which was also their preferred title.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2012

A distant sound, like that of the roaring of a lion, or not unsimilar to a large and deep gong of modern times, intimated the commencement of the ceremonial.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir

I flatter myself that "not unsimilar abundance" is eminently Milvertonian.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 by Chambers, William

Old Pictures in Florence is not unsimilar to Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha, critical, technical, lovingly learned, sympathetically quizzical.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur

If he had possessed a wife at home to whom he could have confided his sentiments, as Phil Compton had, it is possible that he might have said something not unsimilar.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)