equally

[ ee-kwuh-lee ]

adverb

1. in an equal or identical manner:

   to treat rich and poor equally.

2. to an equal degree or extent:

   You are equally matched.

Word History and Origins

Origin of equally¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; equal, -ly

Example Sentences

Oz promised to work closely with the equally unqualified conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been tapped to head the Department of Health and Human Services, so that's a double helping of kookiness.

From Salon

"It was quite a shocking thing to see and unexpected, but equally for various reasons quite welcome for them to go on TV like that," he said.

From BBC

What was equally important to Bellamy, however, was creating a clear playing "identity".

From BBC

Stewart called Hays “an equally divisive and dangerous journalist at The New York Times.”

From Salon

“We can’t live equally if we have one people who are the indigenous people living ‘less than’,” she argues.

From BBC

Related Words

• equitably
• fairly
• justly
• uniformly