evenly
pronunciation
How to pronounce evenly in British English:
UK [ˈiːvnli]
How to pronounce evenly in American English:
US [ˈiːvnli]
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- Adverb:
- in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way
- in a level and regular way
Word Origin
- evenly (adv.)
- Old English efenlice "evenly, equally;" see even (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "so as to produce uniformity of texture is early 15c.; that of "without surface irregularities, smoothly" is from 1630s.
Example
- 1. Evenly apply all over the face , leaving room around the eyes and mouth .
- 2. He has changed education funding so that it is more evenly distributed .
- 3. The fruits of china 's growth have also not been evenly shared .
- 4. The earth is a big thing ; if you divided it up evenly among its 7 billion inhabitants , they would get almost 1 trillion tonnes each .
- 5. China , along with , say , the eu or russia , could grow so strong that we go back to a multipolar world in which power is more evenly distributed across several nations .