equitablyadv.
/ˈɛkwɪtəbli/ In an equitable manner; according to the rules of equity, in a spirit of fairness.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] > fairly or equitably
evenlylOE
fairOE
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upright1509
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honestly1526
uprightly1549
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1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 7 And equitably examined the probability.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 219 No more [will] be required of any one, than what might have been equitably expected of him.
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 343 Acting equitably towards the unoffending peasantry of another nation.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 249 He..distributed the imposts more equitably.
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