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Webster 1913 Edition


Equally

E′qual-ly

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adv.
In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly;
as,
equally
taxed, furnished, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Equally

E'QUALLY

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adv.
In the same degree with another; alike; as, to be equally taxed; to be equally virtuous or vicious; to be equally impatient, hungry, thirsty, swift or slow; to be equally furnished.
1.
In equal shares or proportions. The estate is to be equally divided among the heirs.
2.
Impartially; with equal justice.

Definition 2024


equally

equally

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Adverb

equally (comparative more equally, superlative most equally)

  1. (manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.
    They shared equally in the spoils.
  2. (degree) In equal degree or extent; just as.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
      The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an 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.
    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.

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