Equally
['iːkw(ə)lɪ] or ['ikwəli]
Definition
(adv.) to the same degree (often followed by `as'); 'they were equally beautiful'; 'birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly'; 'sang as sweetly as a nightingale'; 'he is every bit as mean as she is'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.
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Examples
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What I have said of pride is equally true of humility. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The flora of the Galapagos Islands prove d equally distinctive. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The prohibition of the importation of foreign woollen is equally favourable to the woollen manufacturers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Equally, said the other brother. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- To the party worker the petty and the honest issue are equally disturbing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But though the wear and tear of a free servant be equally at the expense of his master, it generally costs him much less than that of a slave. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Indoors we agreed equally well. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Scarce any nation has dealt equally and impartially with every sort of industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She soon resolved, equally as a duty and a pleasure, to employ half an hour of this holiday of spirits in calling on Miss Fairfax. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Fanny beckoned her mother out of the room, and told her something that made her equally anxious with Margaret for the departure of the latter. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The distinction, which we often make betwixt POWER and the EXERCISE of it, is equally without foundation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- We must not swing across from the repudiation of the extravagant pretensions of the faithful to an equally extravagant condemnation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Quito, which had been but a miserable hamlet of Indians, is represented by the same author as in his time equally populous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is equally true that the papacy never seemed to realize that Europe was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Birth, abilities, and education, had been equally marking one as an associate for her, to be received with gratitude; and the otherwhat was she? Jane Austen. Emma.
- It has hurt his father equally. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But penetration is impossible: Mathematical points are of consequence equally impossible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There were other times when, being equally depressed, he would be seen to shake his head, and give up hope. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He tried both, but both confused him equally, and he came straying back to the same spot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Equally, the other brother said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But there was an equally strong desire on the part of ordinary men to be neither taxed nor interfered with in their ordinary pursuits. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this is equally true of imitation; no one man can imitate many things as well as he would imitate a single one? Plato. The Republic.
- Chained with them were a number of fierce beasts, such as had been turned upon us, and others equally as ferocious. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They did not start equally; many servants are mentioned in the roster of the _Mayflower_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The heathen mythology, the Sybilline oracles, the myths of Plato, the dreams of Neo-Platonists are equally regarded by him as matter of fact. Plato. The Republic.
- Every man equally was part of this Godhead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He took no heed of any of us, but his eyes were fixed upon Holmes's face with an expression in which hatred and amazement were equally blended. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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