levellyadv.
/ˈlɛvl̩i/, U.S. /ˈlɛvəli/ In a level or horizontal position or direction; on a level; †uniformly; with a level surface.
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the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adverb]
endlong1393
grovelling1562
flatling1605
levelly1610
forthright1640
horizontally1646
horizontically1692
the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb]
evenOE
evenlya1398
evenlya1400
mackly1440
steadily1540
suantly1547
agreeably1561
agreeingly1563
uniformally1574
uniformly1577
levelly1610
invariably1646
constantly1651
homogeneously1651
equally1690
equably1715
unvariedly1780
suant1787
unrelievedly1832
consistently1861
synchronously1862
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adverb]
plaina1398
levelly1837
flatly1883
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iii. 43 [The line] is carried leuelly or equally thorowout the Escocheon, without either rising or falling.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 96 Neither would praises and actions appear so levelly concurrent in many other of the Grecians.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 75 Every Shot..equally Oblique or Levelly directed.
1837 New Monthly Mag. 50 470 A dense, slow-moving stream,..flowing levelly on for a few yards.
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 639 See the standing corn shorn levelly low.
1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. viii. 175 Looking at him levelly with her own large eyes.
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