evenly

adverbattested in dialogue

//ˈiːvənli//

So as to form a flat surface.

adverb

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.

Etymology

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

Forms

comparative: more evenly
superlative: most evenly

Even · A Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia and the…evening · The time of day between afternoon and night.evenings · In the evening, during the evening.

evenly · So as to form a flat surface.

event · An occurrence; something that happens.eventually · In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time,…ever · Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete…

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