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evenly

Variant of even

adjective

  1. flat; level; smooth: even country
  2. not irregular; not varying; uniform; constant: an even tempo
  3. calm; tranquil; serene; placid: an even disposition
  4. in the same plane or line; in line: water even with the rim
  5. equally balanced
    1. owing and being owed nothing
    2. with neither a profit nor a loss
  6. revenged for a wrong, insult, etc.
  7. just; equitable; fair: an even exchange
  8. equal or identical in number, quantity, degree, score, etc.
  9. exactly divisible by two: said of numbers
  10. exact: an even mile

adverb

  1. Obsolete in an even manner
    1. though it may seem improbable; moreover; indeed; fully: even unto death; even a fool could understand
    2. exactly; precisely; just; in no other way but: it happened even as I expected
    3. just as; while; already: even as he spoke, she entered
    4. still; yet: used in emphasizing a comparison: an even worse mistake
    5. Archaic namely; particularly: one there was, even John

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make, become, or be even; level off; equalize or be equalized: often with off, out, or up

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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