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EVENLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a level and regular way

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

unevenly (in an uneven and irregular way)

Pertainym:

even (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with))

Sense 2

Meaning:

In equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way

Example:

deal equally with rich and poor

Synonyms:

equally; evenly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

unevenly (in an unequal or partial manner)

Pertainym:

even (equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The researchers designed tiny microfluidic chambers and placed evenly distributed square and round obstacles in them.

(Bacteria change behavior to tackle tiny obstacle course, National Science Foundation)

A measurement of the Burr cells (erythrocytes characterized by the presence of small, blunt projections evenly distributed across the cell surface) in a biological specimen.

(Burr Cell Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Its most distinctive feature is its head, which is almost flat at the top, sloping evenly down to the end of the nose.

(Bull Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

And now arose a struggle so fell, so long, so evenly sustained, that even now the memory of it is handed down amongst the Cantabrian mountaineers and the ill-omened knoll is still pointed out by fathers to their children as the Altura de los Inglesos, where the men from across the sea fought the great fight with the knights of the south. The last arrow was quickly shot, nor could the slingers hurl their stones, so close were friend and foe.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Researchers found the nuclear DNA in this bone fragment was split fairly evenly between both species, while the mitochondrial DNA was Neanderthal; nuclear DNA comes from both parents, while mitochondrial DNA comes only from the mother, so they concluded the girl's mother was Neanderthal and her father Denisovan.

(Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human, Wikinews)