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# evenly

adverb (evenly)

«evenly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Evenly means in equal parts, so everyone gets the same. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#m1)
2. Evenly also means smoothly and in a level way, like spreading butter evenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: sharing into equal groups; a strong sign of division (each gets total ÷ number of groups); «divides evenly» means no remainder; science: spread seeds evenly; everyday life: cut a cake evenly, spread paint evenly

### Examples

- She shared 24 cookies evenly among 6 friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x1)
- Split the money evenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x2)
- The 30 chairs are put evenly in 5 rows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x3)
- Can 17 be shared evenly by 4? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x4)
- Spread the jam evenly on the bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x5)
- 12 divides evenly by 3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x6)
- The plants are spaced evenly in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x7)
- They were very evenly matched, and the battle was a hard one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/#x8)

### Note

Division: each gets total ÷ number of groups. Trap: if it does not divide, there is a remainder. «Divides evenly» means the remainder is 0.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «evenly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evenly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evenly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evenly.html) on Mova free.