evenly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   In equal amounts or shares.

   He divided the sweets evenly between his two children.

2. 2
   adv

   In a smooth and flat way, with no lumps.

   Spread the icing evenly over the cake.

3. 3
   adv

   Leaving no remainder when divided.

   Twelve is evenly divisible by two, three, and four.

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

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