equallyadverb
uk/ˈiː.kwə.li/us/ˈiː.kwə.li/B2 fairly and in the same way:
In an ideal world, would everyone get treated equally?
C1 in equal amounts:
The inheritance money was shared equally among the three sisters.
C1 to the same degree:
You looked equally nice in both dresses.
used for adding an idea that is as important as what you have just said:
Not all businesses are legitimate. Equally, not all customers are honest.
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- My way of thinking might be different from yours, but it's equally valid.
- We totalled (up) the money we had each earned, and then shared it equally among the three of us.
- The money was divided equally between several worthy causes.
- All non-violent religious and political beliefs should be respected equally.
- False humility and arrogance are both equally unpleasant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- difference
- equal
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- identikit
- inch
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
- sameness
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