unevenly

What it means

1. In an uneven or haphazard manner.

   Network Rail said this has been due to the driest ever spring and summer, which caused clay embankments to shrink unevenly in a process called soil moisture deficit.

   2025 November 12, “West of England services respite”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 17

2. In an unequal manner.

   Put easily, instamining is a method that enables coins to be issued unfairly or unevenly.

   2019 September 23, Prasanna Peshkar, “Instamine vs Premine”, in Cryptoticker

   Synonyms: unequally

In a sentence

Network Rail said this has been due to the driest ever spring and summer, which caused clay embankments to shrink unevenly in a process called soil moisture deficit.

2025 November 12, “West of England services respite”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 17

Where it comes from

From uneven + -ly or un- + evenly.