equally
adv/ˈiːkwəli/ · /ˈiːkəli/
Etymology From equal + -ly.
1
Manner In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly
- All citizens are equally taxed.
- The pie was divided equally among the guests.
3 more examples
- They shared equally in the spoils.
- And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
- You have to give them credit, rarely does a character appeal equally to four-year-old children and middle-aged aunts posting tepid jokes and fake Oscar Wilde quotes on their timelines.2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
2
In equal degree or extent; just as.
- The gas stations are equally far from the highway.
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59:
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Conjunctive Used to link two or more coordinate elements
- John suffered setbacks at his job. Equally, Frank's business slowed.
- Synonyms
- equally, equivalently, evenly, mutually
- Antonyms
- unequally
- Derived terms
- equally as, equally pinnate, nonequally, semi-equally