1.
~ is added to nouns to form adverbs indicating that something is the case when considering the particular thing mentioned.
Career~, this illness couldn’t have come at a worse time...
It was a much better day weather~...
COMB in ADV: ADV with cl
2.
~ is added to nouns to form adverbs indicating that someone behaves in the same way as the person or thing that is mentioned.
We were housed student~ in dormitory rooms...
= -like
COMB in ADV: ADV after v