equally
/ˈiːkwəli/
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archaic/ˈiːkəli/
equally adverb: in an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly.
Adverb
equally (comparative more equally, superlative most equally)
- In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly
- All citizens are equally taxed.
- The pie was divided equally among the guests.
- In equal degree or extent; just as.
- The gas stations are equally far from the highway.
- 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...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
- Used to link two or more coordinate elements
- John suffered setbacks at his job. Equally, Frank's business slowed.
equally meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
equally in Tamil
- equally
- ஒக்க okka
equally in Urdu
- equally
- اتنا ہی utnā hī, ہم ham
equally in Bengali
- তুল্যরুপে, সমানরুপে, অবিশেষে
equally in Telugu
- in an equal manner
- సమానముగా samānamugā
More languagesFewer languages
- equally in Malayalam
- ഒരുപോലെ, ഏറ്റക്കുറച്ചിലില്ലാതെ, തുല്യമായി, ന്യായമായി
- equally in Odia
- ପ୍ରାୟ prāya
- equally in Arabic
- بِالتَّسَاوِي bi-t-tasāwī
Examples of equally in a sentence
- They shared equally in the spoils.
- 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:
Synonyms of equally
Antonyms
Forms of equally
| comparative | more equally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most equally |
| alternative form (archaic) | æqually |
Origin of equally
From equal + -ly.
Words formed from equally
Questions about equally
- What does equally mean?
- Equally means in an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly.
- What is equally in Tamil?
- Equally in Tamil is ஒக்க (okka). See Equally meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use equally in a sentence?
- They shared equally in the spoils.
- What part of speech is equally?
- Equally is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce equally?
- Equally is pronounced /ˈiːkwəli/.
Words near equally in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: equally (page history and authors); ஒக்க (Tamil) (page history and authors); اتنا ہی (Urdu) (page history and authors); equally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); equally (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରାୟ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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