1. just like; exactly like; as if; as though
oft. followed by a form of ようだ
さながら二人で踊っているかのようだった。It was just as if the two of them were dancing together.
2. (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
after a noun; oft. as ～に or ～の
そこから先は、戦場さながらだった。From there on, it was just like a battlefield.