adv
Meaning 1
In an uneven or haphazard manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unevenly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈivənli/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N IY1 V AH0 N L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In an unequal manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in an uneven and irregular way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: evenly
adverb
Meaning 4
in an unequal or partial manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- profits were distributed unevenly
- angry at being dealt with so unequally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unequally
Antonyms: evenly
adverb
Meaning 5
in a ragged uneven manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: raggedly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From uneven + -ly or un- + evenly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: неро́вно (neróvno) — in an uneven manner
- Spanish: disparejamente — in an uneven manner
- Spanish: desparejamente — in an uneven manner
- Spanish: disparmente — in an uneven manner
- Spanish: desniveladamente — in an uneven manner
- Swedish: ojämnt — in an uneven manner
- Catalan: desigualment — in an unequal manner
- Russian: неравноме́рно (neravnomérno) — in an unequal manner