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† ˈevenliness Obs.
Also 1 efnlicnesse, emlicnes.
[OE. efnlicnesse, f. efnlic, efenlic, evenly a. + -ness.]
The quality of being even; equality, evenness; adaptation, suitability.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xvii. 122 Hie healdað ma ᵹeferrædenne & efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordom. a1000Eadwine's Cant. Psalt. cxviii. [cxix.] 144 Emlicnes ᵹewitnesse þin on ecnesse. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 8 If we do but allow God to deal with us..in wayes bearing an evenliness with our kind. |