equally
/ˈiːkwəli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Used to link two or more coordinate elements
Example Sentences
- "All citizens are equally taxed."
- "The pie was divided equally among the guests."
- "They shared equally in the spoils."
- "And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]"
- "You have to give them credit, rarely does a character appeal equally to four-year-old children and middle-aged aunts posting tepid jokes and fake Oscar Wilde quotes on their timelines."
- "The gas stations are equally far from the highway."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin aequālisbor. Middle English equal English equal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English equally From equal + -ly.