evenly

evenly
adverb
1 with equal amounts or numbers of something in every part of a particular area, or divided equally among a group of people: Support for the Liberals is fairly evenly spread across the country. | Spread the butter evenly over the toast.
2 in a steady or regular way: breathing deeply and evenly | evenly spaced: rows of evenly spaced desks
3 dealing with or affecting all parts of something in the same way: Cook the meat quickly for about 3 minutes, until evenly browned.
4 evenly matched if two competitors are evenly matched, they have an equal chance of winning: The two wrestlers were very evenly matched.
5 if you say something evenly, you say it in a calm way without getting angry or upset: “You can do whatever you like,” she said evenly

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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