Dictionary

equally en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈiːkwəli/
• /ˈiːkəli/ (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin aequālisbor. Middle English equal English equal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English equally From equal + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly
   • The pie was divided equally among the guests.
   • All citizens are equally taxed.
   • You have to give them credit, rarely does a character appeal equally to four-year-old children and middle-aged aunts posting tepid jokes and fake Oscar Wilde quotes on their timelines. 2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
   • They shared equally in the spoils.
   • And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
2. (qualifier:degree) In equal degree or extent; just as.
   • The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59:
   • The gas stations are equally far from the highway.
3. (conjunctive) Used to link two or more coordinate elements
   • John suffered setbacks at his job. Equally, Frank's business slowed.

Forms

Antonyms

unequally

Deriveds

equally pinnate · nonequally · semi-equally · equally as

Synonyms

evenly · mutually · equivalently · equally

Translations (46)

de gleich (in an equal manner) · hu egyenlően (in an equal manner) · la pariter (in an equal manner) · te సమానముగా (in an equal manner) · la aequāliter (in an equal manner) · nl gelijkelijk (in an equal manner) · az bərabər (in an equal manner) · es igualmente (in an equal manner) · ja 平等に (in an equal manner) · pt igualmente (in an equal manner) · fr également (in an equal manner) · eo same (in an equal manner) · txb aṅkānmi (in an equal manner) · ro în mod egal (in an equal manner) · la aequē (in an equal manner) · ro egal (in an equal manner) · cmn 一樣地 /一样地 (in an equal manner) · de gleichmäßig (in an equal manner) · it altrettanto (in an equal manner) · nl gelijk (in an equal manner) · nl gelijkmatig (in an equal manner) · cs stejně (in an equal manner) · de gleichermaßen (in an equal manner) · ja 等しく (in an equal manner) · sq barabar (in an equal manner) · lv vienlīdz (in an equal manner) · nrf êgalement (in an equal manner) · ru одина́ково (in an equal manner) · eo egale (in an equal manner) · it parimenti (in an equal manner) · ca igualment (in an equal manner) · bg еднакво (in an equal manner) · cmn 同樣地 /同样地 (in an equal manner) · fi yhtäläisesti (in an equal manner) · sv jämlikt (in an equal manner) · mk еднакво (in an equal manner) · gl igualmente (in an equal manner) · grc ὁμῶς (in an equal manner) · ru по́ровну (in an equal manner) · ja 均等に (in an equal manner) · cmn 平等地 (in an equal manner) · nl even (in an equal manner) · bg по равно (in an equal manner) · fi samalla tavoin (in an equal manner) · ar بِالتَّسَاوِي (in an equal manner) · az yarıbayarı (in an equal manner)