unevenly

«unevenly» in Mova's school dictionary: not in an equal or smooth way: some parts more and some… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Unevenly means not in an equal or smooth way: some parts more and some less, or bumpy rather than flat. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in maths: shared unevenly means the groups are not equal (not a fair share). In art and cooking: paint or butter spread unevenly. In geography: people are unevenly spread across a country.

examples

• The sweets were shared unevenly, so some got more. tree →
• The cake cooked unevenly and was burnt on one side. tree →
• The paint was spread unevenly on the wall. tree →
• People are spread unevenly across Australia. tree →
• The table wobbled because it stood unevenly. tree →
• He breathed unevenly after the race. tree →

note

Prefix un- + even + -ly. Opposite: evenly, equally. In maths, "shared unevenly" means the parts are not all the same size, so you cannot just divide.

In the corpora

• A wind turbine turns the energy of moving air into electricity; the wind itself is made by the Sun warming the air unevenly.
• Winds start because the Sun warms the Earth unevenly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unevenly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.