evenly

evenly
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [On an even plane]
Syn. smoothly, regularly, without bumps, uniformly, unvaryingly, steadily, constantly, placidly, tranquilly, fluently, on an even keel, in a groove, without variation, neither up nor down, levelly, straight.
Ant. irregularly*, unevenly, roughly.
2. [Equally proportioned or distributed]
Syn. exactly, justly, fairly, precisely, equally, impartially, identically, equitably, symmetrically, conformably, commensurably, commensurately, proportionately, synonymously, analogously, equivalently, correspondingly, tied, alike, squarely, fifty-fifty*, even-steven*.
Ant. inequitably, unjustly, unfairly.

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