evenly

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evenly

  • /ˈiːvənli/

Where it comes from

From Middle English evenly, evenliche, from Old English efenlīċe (“evenly, alike, equally”), equivalent to even + -ly.

adverb more evenly · most evenly

  1. So as to form a flat surface. Spread the icing evenly over the cake.
  2. In a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each; equally. To avoid arguments, he divided the sweets evenly between his two children.
  3. In a manner that leaves no remainder. 12 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6.
  4. In terms of or by means of even numbers. The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extraordinarily long time, for at least one odd count threw off all the even ones.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: equally, uniformly, uniform, consistently, alike, also, regularly, routinely, equitably, consistent, fairly, steadily, justly, inconsistently, unevenly, unequally

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adv in a fair manner

Españolequitativamente
Portuguêsjustamente, imparcialmente
Françaiségalement, équitablement
Русскийпо́ровну pórovnu

adv so as to make flat

Españoluniformemente
Portuguêsuniformemente, planamente
Françaisuniformément
Русскийро́вно róvno, равноме́рно ravnomérno

adv in a manner that leaves no remainder

Españoldivisible exacto
Русскийна́цело nácelo

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@misc{evenly_2026,
  title = {evenly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evenly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}