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[ adverb ] (often followed by `as') to the same degree
Examples "they were equally beautiful" "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly" "sang as sweetly as a nightingale" (`every bit' is informal as in "he is every bit as mean as she is") Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Yanks were equally adept at figurative expression . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He carried three guns - one in the right trouser pocket , one under his left armpit , one in the left outside coat pocket - and was equally lethal with both hands . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Equally a master of prose and verse , he recreates the glory of Sweden in the past and continues it into the present . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)We hear equally fervent concern over the belief that we have not enough generalists who can see the over-all picture and combine our national skills and knowledge for useful purposes . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)And the solutions to the problems of the commuter lines have been equally varied , ranging all_the_way from Government ownership to complete discontinuance of this important service . |
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[ adverb ] in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way
Synonyms Examples "a class evenly divided between girls and boys" "they split their winnings equally" "deal equally with rich and poor" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)There was so much interest shown in this present-day venture that it was continued on B.B.C. , where comments were equally made by an Anglican parson , a Free_Church minister and a Catholic priest . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)This calculation results in an enthalpy rise which is somewhat high because it assumes a mass flow equally distributed over the plug cross_section whereas in_reality the mass velocity is expected to be smaller in the regions of higher temperatures . |
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