Definition of unevenly in English:
unevenly
adverbʌnˈiːv(ə)nliˌənˈiv(ə)nli
1In a manner that is not regular or consistent.
a staircase with unevenly spaced steps
Milo was lying on his back, breathing unevenly
Example sentencesExamples
- In the past, vendors were hesitant to sell low-profit milk in machines that were unevenly refrigerated.
- With leather, which takes on colouring as unevenly as human skin takes on a suntan, the odds are even worse.
- The sheet of colored Plexiglas is unevenly spray-painted with an evanescent grey.
- It consists of a central rod on which are spindled four unevenly spaced balls, creating the effect of a huge baby rattle.
- If you never rotate your tyres, they will wear unevenly, which will shorten the life of your tyres.
- 1.1 In a way that is not equally balanced or distributed.
opportunities were unevenly spread around the country
unevenly matched opponents
the groups were unevenly sized
Example sentencesExamples
- Rewards are distributed unevenly, especially in our networked world.
- We are witnessing how this newly created finance is spread quite unevenly over the real economy—for example, housing versus manufacturing.
- Panoptic modernity was always a global system that affected different parts of the world unevenly.
- Organizational practices tend to diffuse unevenly throughout the world.
- His theories had greatly influenced the thinking of American economists, but his theory of interest was received unevenly.
2In a way that is not level or smooth.
the former front garden has been unevenly concreted
Example sentencesExamples
- On the carpet opposite the turquoise walls, three massive blocks of unevenly cut styrofoam were supported by spindly two-by-fours.
- The first divers down found the ship lying unevenly and had great difficulty in moving across the steeply sloping decks.
- The paperback cover is unevenly laminated to imitate broken glass, but so convincingly that the book looks damaged.
- Dense stone debris pitted the clay floor, which extends unevenly over the bedrock.
- One of the street-hockey balls was unevenly textured.
Definition of unevenly in US English:
unevenly
adverbˌənˈēv(ə)nlēˌənˈiv(ə)nli
1In a manner that is not regular or consistent.
a staircase with unevenly spaced steps
Milo was lying on his back, breathing unevenly
Example sentencesExamples
- In the past, vendors were hesitant to sell low-profit milk in machines that were unevenly refrigerated.
- It consists of a central rod on which are spindled four unevenly spaced balls, creating the effect of a huge baby rattle.
- The sheet of colored Plexiglas is unevenly spray-painted with an evanescent grey.
- With leather, which takes on colouring as unevenly as human skin takes on a suntan, the odds are even worse.
- If you never rotate your tyres, they will wear unevenly, which will shorten the life of your tyres.
- 1.1 In a way that is not equally balanced or distributed.
opportunities were unevenly spread around the country
unevenly matched opponents
the groups were unevenly sized
Example sentencesExamples
- We are witnessing how this newly created finance is spread quite unevenly over the real economy—for example, housing versus manufacturing.
- Panoptic modernity was always a global system that affected different parts of the world unevenly.
- His theories had greatly influenced the thinking of American economists, but his theory of interest was received unevenly.
- Rewards are distributed unevenly, especially in our networked world.
- Organizational practices tend to diffuse unevenly throughout the world.
2In a way that is not level or smooth.
the former front garden has been unevenly concreted
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the street-hockey balls was unevenly textured.
- The first divers down found the ship lying unevenly and had great difficulty in moving across the steeply sloping decks.
- On the carpet opposite the turquoise walls, three massive blocks of unevenly cut styrofoam were supported by spindly two-by-fours.
- Dense stone debris pitted the clay floor, which extends unevenly over the bedrock.
- The paperback cover is unevenly laminated to imitate broken glass, but so convincingly that the book looks damaged.