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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

E'QUALLY, adv. In the same degree with another; alike; as, to be equally taxed; to be equally virtuous or vicious; to be equally impatient, hungry, thirsty, swift or slow; to be equally furnished.
1. In equal shares or proportions. The estate is to be equally divided among the heirs.
2. Impartially; with equal justice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is" [syn: equally, as, every bit]
2: in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way; "a class evenly divided between girls and boys"; "they split their winnings equally"; "deal equally with rich and poor" [syn: evenly, equally] [ant: unequally, unevenly]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 14th century 1. in an equal or uniform manner ; evenly <sharing the money equally> 2. to an equal degree <respected equally by young and old>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 in an equal manner (treated them all equally). 2 to an equal degree (is equally important). Usage: In sense 2 construction with as (equally as important) is often found, but is disp.).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equally E"qual*ly, adv. In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Equally means in sections, amounts, or spaces that are the same size as each other. A bank's local market share tends to be divided equally between the local branch and branches located elsewhere... Try to get into the habit of eating at least three small meals a day, at equally spaced intervals. ADV: ADV after v, ADV -ed 2. Equally means to the same degree or extent. All these techniques are equally effective... Success doesn't only depend on what you do. What you don't do is equally important. ADV: ADV adj/adv, ADV before v 3. Equally is used to introduce another comment on the same topic, which balances or contrasts with the previous comment. They needed his help, but equally they did not trust him. ADV: ADV with cl

Moby Thesaurus

according to circumstances, accordingly, ad eundem, alike, as, as is, as it is, as matters stand, as well, at that rate, ceteris paribus, coequally, coextensively, coincidentally, congruently, consequently, correspondently, correspondingly, coterminously, deservedly, disinterestedly, dispassionately, ditto, duly, equitably, equivalently, evenly, fair, fairly, fifty-fifty, ibid, ibidem, identically, impartially, impersonally, in that case, in that event, indifferently, just the same, justifiably, justifiedly, justly, likewise, meetly, properly, proportionately, rightfully, rightly, same here, so, squarely, synonymously, that being so, the same way, therefore, under the circumstances, upon even terms, warrantably, warrantedly, without distinction