uniformly
/ˈjunəfɔɹmli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a uniform manner, consistently.
Example Sentences
- "The Pullmans have been painted green, uniformly with the rest of the stock, and only their characteristic outline distinguishes them from the rest of the stock."
- "After decades of observation, it's pretty obvious to me that all governments are uniformly useless at actually running anything, so we need to employ the private sector to do the job for us on properly specified contracts [...]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis Latin uniformis Middle French uniformebor. English uniform 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 uniformly From uniform + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjunəfɔɹmli/
- British English: /ˈjuːnɪfɔːmli/
Inflected Forms
more uniformly (comparative)
most uniformly (superlative)