evenlike
evenlike adverb: evenly.
Adverb
evenlike (comparative more evenlike, superlative most evenlike)
- Evenly.
- "I figured to show you how to practice your stitches on the mendin' 'til you can sew them all small an' evenlike.1999, Pamela Quint Chambers, The Bride Quilt - Page 217
Adjective
evenlike (comparative more evenlike, superlative most evenlike)
- Characteristically even, equal, or level.
- Kate was not of a sorrowful disposition; but since the death of an affectionate mother, whom she had dearly loved, her natural vivacity had settled into an evenlike seriousness of manner, which gave to her pleasing countenance a doubly interesting appearance [...]1835, The Dublin Penny Journal, volumes 3-4, page 247
- The magnetic field component, Hz, of the waveguide mode considered assumes an evenlike symmetry along the center of the waveguide. In type A structures, the photonic crystal cladding has even symmetry along the center of the defect.2004, Optics Letters - Volume 29, Pages 417-912 - Page 861
Forms of evenlike
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more evenlike |
| superlative | most evenlike |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more evenlike |
| superlative | most evenlike |
Origin of evenlike
From Middle English efenlike, also evenliche, from Old English efnlīċe (“evenly, equally”, adverb). More at evenly.
From even + -like. Compare Middle English evenlike, Old English efenlīc (“equal, even”).
Questions about evenlike
- What does evenlike mean?
- Evenlike means evenly.
- What part of speech is evenlike?
- Evenlike can be an adverb or an adjective.
Words near evenlike in the dictionary
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