evenly
/ˈiːvnli
/adverb
1So as to present a flat or uniform surface or line: scoop cream onto the cake and spread evenly...
- Varnishes are usually applied with a brush and flow on evenly and smoothly.
- Shake the pepper on to a sheet of greaseproof paper and press the steaks in the pepper until evenly coated.
- The trick is to have just enough sauce to evenly coat the pasta, so that it doesn't swim in it or stick to the roof of your mouth.
2In equal numbers, amounts, or values: the jackpot will be split evenly among the holders of the three tickets...
- Patients were typically elderly and evenly divided between men and women.
- The public is evenly divided: 34 % agree and 34 % disagree.
- Local opinion had been almost evenly split, 45 per cent of those questioned in a radio poll favouring cancellation.
2.1With each having an equal chance: the match was evenly balanced throughout the first half an evenly contested game...
- He said that major infrastructure projects could now be in place if the rights of developers and private individuals were more evenly balanced.
- The fight seems to be evenly balanced.
- Their relationship was a game of mental chess between two evenly matched players.
2.2With equal space or time between each; regularly: a series of evenly spaced dots he was breathing evenly, fast asleep...
- He said he hoped the increase would be spread evenly over the five years.
- Outside the bar counter were stationed twelve equally elaborate oak tables, spaced evenly around the dining room.
- Inmates live in barracks-style open bays with rows of beds spaced evenly behind long, ceiling-to-floor gray metal bars.
2.3Calmly and without strong emotion or variation: he speaks evenly and softly...
- "Of course, my mistake," he replied evenly.
- He continues to answer evenly, with remarkable honesty, until right at the end, when the PR comes to rescue him.
- I distinctly remember a young girl sitting in a classroom, as the counterrevolutionary forces are entering Paris, explaining evenly and carefully the differences between the two social forces.
3Used to indicate a number that is divisible by two without a remainder: signals are numbered evenly, 2, 4, 6, 8, etc....
- Each evenly numbered chapter is titled the same way.
- Prefix signals are numbered evenly, 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.
- She set each alternate, evenly numbered, verse to different music.