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equally, adv.|ˈiːkwəlɪ|
Also 6 equallie, (equaly).
[f. equal a. + -ly2.]
1. To an equal degree or extent; as much in one case as in another. Const. with; sometimes as.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 215 It is doubtfull whether it [Saint Helena] adhere to America or Afrique, the vast Ocean bellowing, on both sides, and almost equally. 1668J. Mall Offer of F. Help 113 They all flow equally from the sovereignty of God. 1692O. Walker Hist. Illustr. 291 He was equally Learned as Warlike. 1701De Foe True-born Eng. ii. 6 And equally of Fear and Forecast void. 1736Butler Anal. i. i. Wks. 1874 I. 25 It is said these observations are equally applicable to brutes. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest xvii, You and Clara shall be equally my daughters. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 146 His presence and his absence were equally dreaded by the lord lieutenant. 1853F. W. Newman tr. Odes Horace 7 Being the inventor of the lyre, he [Hermes] is patron of poets equally as Apollo. 18..T. Arnold Wyclif's Sel. Wks. III. Introd. p. x, This work is equally one-sided and uncompromising with Wyclif's tracts.
2. In equal shares.
c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 529 Ther nys no man can deme..If that it were departed equally. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 294 My Foreward..Consisting equally of Horse and Foot. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. Life 15 Equally sharing with him his Labours and Victories. 1818Cruise Digest. (ed. 2) II. 25 To her other sisters equally between them. 1827J. Powell Devises II. 181 The said legacy should be divided equally between them that were alive.
3. According to one and the same rule or measure. Formerly also, impartially, equitably, justly.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 110 Deale equally, without parcialite. 1597Daniel Civ. Wares v. (R.), The equally respecting eye Of pow'r looking alike on all deserts. 1605Shakes. Lear v. iii. 45 So to vse them, As we shall find their merites, and our safety May equally determine. 1651Hobbes Leviath. i. xv. 77 If a man..judge between man and man, it is a precept..that he deale Equally between them. 1702Eng. Theophrast. 3 To enter equally into the genius of both nations. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. ix. i. 204 You say it is dealing equitably or equally.
†4. On a level with regard to height; uniformly with regard to direction; in a line with. Obs.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 69 Yet are they [the bridges] equally built, no higher in the middle then at either ende. 1660Barrow Euclid i. Def. iv, A Right Line is that which lies equally betwixt its Points. 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. II. i. i. 3 The nurse went equally with him that supported the train.
5. Uniformly; in uniform degree or quantity; in the same relative proportion.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 235 Distributing the Air..more equally thro' the House. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xiv. §22 Being constantly equally swift. 1735Berkeley Querist §214 Seed equally scattered produceth a goodly harvest. 1793Smeaton Eddystone L. §242 The wedges and trenails..were every where equally applied. 1796Nelson 5 June in Nicolas Disp. (1846) VII. Introd. 81, I know of none so equally good. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 351 The thickest wires receive the strongest heat; therefore, the whole is equally heated in the same space of time. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xiii, The population, formerly spread pretty equally over the country. |