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▪ I. † evenly, a. Obs. exc. Sc.|ˈiːv(ə)nlɪ|
Forms: see even a. and -ly1.
[ME. evenlich, OE. efenlic, f. efen, even a. + -lic, -ly1. Cf. ON. iafnligr, Goth. ibnaleiks.]
1. Equal; of the same character, degree, rank, weight, etc. Of a date: The same (cf. even a. 14 b).
a1000Crist 39 (Gr.) Næniᵹ efenlic ðam ær ne siððan in worlde ᵹewearð wifes ᵹearnung. c1200Ormin 1837 Michaæl bitacneþþ uss..whillc iss wiþþ Godd all efennlic. c1275in O.E. Misc. 90 Haly thomas of heoueriche Alle apostles eueliche. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 318 Þe date was euenlik, a þousand þre hundred & tuo, Whan þe Erle of Karrik turned þe Scottis fro. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. ix. 88 Þou by euenlyk causes enhaunsest þe soules and þe lasse liues. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. iii. 77 Ȝhoure modyr and I in ewynlyk gre Discendand fra þe stok are we. 1513Douglas æneis v. viii. 2 Eneas..Twa evinlie burdouns walit..And equale armour..On schulderis..buklis he.
†b. Equal to one's needs; moderate. Obs.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 Ðet foremeste [Temperancia] is riht medeme mel..Ðat oder [Modica potio] is emliche drinke..for to beten his þurstes nede.
2. Even:
a. Of persons: Fair, equitable, just, impartial.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 882 Sutyle off ingyne he was: and eloquent And ewynlyk in-till jugement. 1488Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) 210/2 Personis..vnsuspect to his hienes, & evinly to all his liegis. 1494Act. Dom. Conc. 361 (Jam.) The money..salbe layit in ane evinly manis hand. 1567in G. Buchanan Detect. Q. Mary (1572) sig. X iiij a, I desyre the mony to be consignit into an eeuenly mans hand.
b. Of the ground, roads, etc.: Free from inequalities, level, smooth, uniform.
1721Ramsay Poems, To R. Yarde, Poets show'd these evenly roads That lead to dwellings of the gods. 1808–25Jamieson s.v., We speak..of an evinly course, both as respecting progress in a journey, and the tenor of one's conduct.
▪ II. evenly, adv.|ˈiːv(ə)nlɪ|
[OE. efenlíce: see even a. and -ly2.]
In an even manner or degree.
The physical senses are of late emergence, having in early use been expressed by even adv.
1. So as to present an even or uniform surface or line; smoothly, without inequalities in level, form, texture, consistency, depth of tint, etc.
1634–5Brereton Trav. (1844) 49 The court..is most evenly paved with bricks. a1639Wotton (J.) A palish clearness, evenly and smoothly spread..of a pretty solid consistence. 1755in Johnson. 1879G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 151 The paste is spread evenly upon the table to an exact depth.
†2. In a straight line, directly. Obs.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. i. 103 Here the smug and Siluer Trent shall runne, In a new Channell, faire and euenly. 1599― Hen. V, ii. iv. 91 You find him euenly deriu'd From his most fam'd, of famous Ancestors.
b. In an even direction or position with.
1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. ii. 7 Whatsoeuer comes athwart his affection, ranges euenly with mine. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. (ed. 2) 93 Looking carefully up the vernier, the third line above the figure 3 is seen to lie evenly with a line on the scale.
†3. Exactly; in exact coincidence or agreement.
c1325Metr. Hom. 96 The stern, that thaim the gat gan schawe..com euenlye Thar Crist was abowen. 1375Barbour Bruce x. 228 Quhen it [the wain] wes set evinly Betuix the chekys of the ȝet. 1393Gower Conf. II. 179 He..Let make of gold..A precious ymage riche After his fader evenliche. c1449Pecock Repr. v. iii. 496 Euenlier and more accordingli. 1512Act. 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19. §10 The hole some..evenly agreable and concordaunte with the hoole some comprised in the seid endenture.
†b. At the very moment; immediately. Obs.
c1350Will. Palerne 1747 To heiȝ vs hastily henne..ich hope be þe best, euenly þis euen while. Ibid. 5338 Eche man was esed euenli at wille.
4. With reference to movement or action: Without fluctuations or variations; equably, uniformly.
1671Milton Samson 671 Thou towards him with hand so various..Temper'st thy providence through his short course: Not evenly, as thou rul'st The angelic orders. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 117 A wheel of manifold rims..would make out uneven bows of circles, in even shares of time, the whole wheel being evenly turned. a1732Atterbury Serm. (1740) I. vii. 251 We are so apt to forget God's administration of the great affairs below, when they go on evenly and regularly. Mod. The hind wheel of my bicycle doesn't run evenly.
b. With equanimity or evenness of mind; serenely, tranquilly.
a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 11 Strenghe..of herte and will euynly to suffire þe wele and þe waa. 1682Norris Hierocles Pref. 19 That can look upon another man's Lands evenly and pleasingly as if they were his own. 1844Stanley Arnold (1858) II. x. 275 To be ready to bear evenly, not sullenly.
5. Without inclination to either side.
a. In a state of equipoise; under even conditions; without manifest advantage on either side.
b. Impartially, fairly, justly, equitably.
a1250Prov. Alfred 79 in O.E. Misc. 106 And þe clerek and þe knyht he schulle demen euelyche [a 1275 (2nd text) euenliche] riht. 1375Barbour Bruce vii. 103, I trow he suld be hard to sla, And he war bodyn all evynly. 1424Sc. Acts Jas. I (1597) §45 Gif the Iudge refusis to do the Law eavenlie, the partie compleinand sall haue recourse to the King. c1470Henry Wallace vi. 53 He thinkis als luff did him hye awance, So ewynly held be fauour the ballance. 1509Fisher Fun. Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. 297 [She] prouyded men lerned..euenly & indyfferently to here all causes. a1626Bacon Advice to Villiers (J.), It behoves you to carry yourself wisely and evenly between them [the king and prince] both. a1742Bentley (J.), Being evenly balanced between infinite attractions. 1843Arnold Hist. Rome III. 157 A single battle, evenly contested and hardly won. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 255 The Sovereign..had not the power to bear himself evenly between his large and his small kingdom. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. I. i. 118 The apparent wishes of the nation hung so evenly and oscillated so frequently.
6. Equally.
†a. In an equal degree or proportion. Sometimes followed by as. Obs.
a1000tr. Bæda's Eccl. Hist. iii. xxiii, Calin..wæs mæsse preost & efenlic Godes man. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. v. 25 Þou..compleinest þat gerdouns ne ben not euenliche ȝolde to þe desertes of folk. 1382Wyclif Ezek. xlvii. 14 Forsoothe ȝe shuln weelde it, eche euenly as his brother. c1400Three Kings Cologne xiv. 48 Þe sterre euenlich ȝede to-fore euery kyng and all her pepil. 1413Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle iv. xxvi. (1483) 71 b, Theyr wyttes shold ben euen y lyke, and euenly shold they comprehenden.
b. In the same degree throughout. Cf. 1.
a1613Brerewood (J.), The upper face of the sea is known to be level by nature, and evenly distant from the centre. 1756Burke Subl. & B. (1759) 309 The liquor reflecting all the rays of its proper colour evenly.
c. In equal parts or shares; as much on one side as on the other.
1395E.E. Wills (1882) 5, Cxx li, euenliche to be departed betwix ham thre. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 606 Hony, myxt with salt armonyake And comyn evenly, is goode therfore. 1471Act. Audit. 18 One [= on] baith thair expensis evinly. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 43 b, Gavel⁓kind whereby..the children males oughte evenly to inherit. 1614Raleigh Hist. World Pref. B iij, There is no great Art in deuiding euenly of those things, which are subiect to number and measure. 1885L'pool Daily Post 30 June 5/6 The two parties in the borough are very evenly divided.
7. evenly even, evenly odd: see even, odd. |