evenly
part of speech
adverb (evenly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Evenly means in equal parts, so everyone gets the same. tree →
2) Evenly also means smoothly and in a level way, like spreading butter evenly. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: sharing into equal groups; a strong sign of division (each gets total ÷ number of groups); «divides evenly» means no remainder; science: spread seeds evenly; everyday life: cut a cake evenly, spread paint evenly
examples
- She shared 24 cookies evenly among 6 friends. tree →
- Split the money evenly. tree →
- The 30 chairs are put evenly in 5 rows. tree →
- Can 17 be shared evenly by 4? tree →
- Spread the jam evenly on the bread. tree →
- 12 divides evenly by 3. tree →
- The plants are spaced evenly in the garden. tree →
- They were very evenly matched, and the battle was a hard one. tree →
note
Division: each gets total ÷ number of groups. Trap: if it does not divide, there is a remainder. «Divides evenly» means the remainder is 0.
In the corpora
- People are not spread evenly like butter on toast.
- The average shares the total out evenly: add all the scores, then divide by how many scores there are.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «evenly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.