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unequally

/ʌnˈiːkwəli/

unequally adverb: not equally, unevenly, sometimes unfairly.

Adverb

unequally (comparative more unequally, superlative most unequally)

  1. Not equally, unevenly, sometimes unfairly.
    • Shee was well borne, and civilly brought up; her ruine was her being unequally Married: not that her Husband was not of good eſteeme amongſt the Citizens, and according to his quality well to live: but for that ſhee being of riper Yeares then hee, the love which uſeth to be betweene equalls was not...1646, Francis Biondi [i.e., Giovanni Francesco Biondi], translated by Henry [Carey, 2nd] Earle of Monmouth, “The Seventh Book of the Civill Warres of England in the Life of Edward the Fift”, in The...
    • Perhaps the widespread attempts in recent years to try to think intersectionally – to understand how multiple factors affect each person’s identity and experience – has equipped us to understand how unequally affected we are by a disease and the measures taken to limit it.2020 April 17, Rebecca Solnit, “Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do”, in The Guardian

Synonyms of unequally

Antonyms

Forms of unequally

comparativemore unequally
superlativemost unequally

Origin of unequally

From unequal + -ly.

Questions about unequally

What does unequally mean?
Unequally means not equally, unevenly, sometimes unfairly.
What part of speech is unequally?
Unequally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce unequally?
Unequally is pronounced /ʌnˈiːkwəli/.

Words near unequally in the dictionary

  1. unequalized
  2. unequalizes
  3. unequalizing
  4. unequall
  5. unequalled
  6. unequally
  7. unequalness
  8. unequals
  9. unequatable
  10. unequated
  11. unequestrian

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