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

More than 30 years later, Body Count has not run out of heavy riffing ideas or equally weighty lyrical topics.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s not to say a Body Count show is anything short of raucous or provocative, Ice-T bringing the noise and intensity with his equally pumped high school OGs in the band.

From Los Angeles Times

The authors encourage researchers to include both sexes equally when possible, analyze data for males and females separately, and re-evaluate past studies that underrepresented females.

From Science Daily

So as helpful as it was to be in that room, it was also equally helpful to go, “OK, well, this isn’t the environment necessarily that she found her solace in” and that’s why the rehab group, which is comprised of 10 to 12 different people who are actors who are in recovery themselves, that was the most enlightening experience.

From Los Angeles Times

While ultimately distancing himself from Tony Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq, he defended his former boss' legacy and was equally supportive of the different leaders that followed him.

From BBC

Related Words

• equitably
• fairly
• justly
• uniformly