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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (degree) 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
  3. (conjunctive) 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:

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Synonyms of equally

Antonyms

Forms of equally

comparativemore equally
superlativemost 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

  1. equalizes
  2. equalizing
  3. equall
  4. equalled
  5. equalling
  6. equally
  7. equally as
  8. equally pinnate
  9. equalness
  10. equals
  11. equals sign

Source and license

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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