Meanings
comparative more evenly · superlative most evenly
- So as to form a flat surface.
Spread the icing evenly over the cake.
- 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.
- 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.
1998, Kay Almere Read, Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos, page 107
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a level and regular way
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)ém-no-
- Proto-Germanic*ebnaz
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Proto-Germanic*ebnalīkaz
- Proto-West Germanic*ebnalīk
- Old Englishefnlīċ
- Old Englishefnlīċe
- Middle Englishevenly
- Englishevenly
From Middle English evenly, evenliche, from Old English efenlīċe (“evenly, alike, equally”), equivalent to even + -ly.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian равно, равномерно
- равно (ravno)so as to make flat
- равномерно (ravnomerno)so as to make flat
- точно (točno)in a manner that leaves no remainder
- поравно (poravno)in a fair manner
- справедливо (spravedlivo)in a fair manner
Czech rovnoměrně, spravedlivě
- rovnoměrněso as to make flat
- spravedlivěin a fair manner
Danish jævnt, ligeligt
- jævntso as to make flat
- ligeligtin a fair manner
French uniformément, également
- uniformémentso as to make flat
- égalementin a fair manner
- équitablementin a fair manner
Hungarian egyenletesen
- egyenletesenso as to make flat
Norwegian likt
- liktin a fair manner
Norwegian Bokmål jevnt
- jevntso as to make flat
Portuguese uniformemente, planamente
- uniformementeso as to make flat
- planamenteso as to make flat
- justamentein a fair manner
- imparcialmentein a fair manner
Russian ро́вно, равноме́рно
- ро́вно (róvno)so as to make flat
- равноме́рно (ravnomérno)so as to make flat
- на́цело (nácelo)in a manner that leaves no remainder
- по́ровну (pórovnu)in a fair manner
Spanish uniformemente, divisible exacto
- uniformementeso as to make flat
- divisible exactoin a manner that leaves no remainder
- equitativamentein a fair manner
Swedish jämnt, jämnt
- jämntso as to make flat
- jämntin a manner that leaves no remainder
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Cite this entry
evenly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evenly
“evenly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evenly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evenly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evenly.
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