Uniformly
['ju:nɪfɔ:mlɪ] or [jʊnə'fɔrmli]
Definition
(adv.) In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.
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Examples
- Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Blossom what would, its bricks and bars bore uniformly the same dead crop. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I believe the ensilage would be better without any tramping and packing if we could only get it to settle uniformly without. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Instead, during our long residence here, he has been uniformly consistent in his role of protector and provider. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- By a mechanical device, tape is drawn uniformly under the light marker _P_ attached to the armature. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He recommended this uniformly, or at least frequently, in his annual reports to the Secretary of War, but never got any hearing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You are uniformly charming! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In time, I doubt not, I shall make her uniformly sedate and decorous, without being unaccountably pensive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A number of Indians had resided in the county of Lancaster, and conducted themselves uniformly as friends to the white inhabitants. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is true that the debates of both Houses of Parliament the whole session through, uniformly tended to the protracted deliberation, How not to do it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The ottomans, which were uniformly placed, were covered with satin to correspond with the drapery, and fringed with silver. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Do the children arise from this copulation more uniformly, than does the parents care for their safety and preservation? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The acid acts as a whetstone by corroding the whole surface uniformly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I tried to make out whether they were members of the family or what; but they were all uniformly classical. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Fanny, as the Marquis of Hertford uniformly insisted, was the most beautiful of all our family. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But in many places, the money price of labour remains uniformly the same, sometimes for half a century together. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When I had no more ticks to make, I folded all my bills up uniformly, docketed each on the back, and tied the whole into a symmetrical bundle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It had been uniformly gloomy and dull. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Why has Wisconsin succeeded where other states have uniformly failed? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nothing in my opinion has ever passed to justify doubt; no secrecy has been attempted; all has been uniformly open and unreserved. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Colonel Barclay's family life appears to have been a uniformly happy one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then pull the roller uniformly upward along the plank and notice what the pull is on the balance, being careful always to hold the balance parallel to the incline. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It set a fashion which until recently has uniformly prevailed over the entire civilized world. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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