EQUALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equally mean? 

• EQUALLY (adverb)
  The adverb EQUALLY has 2 senses:

1. to the same degree (often followed by 'as')

2. in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way

  Familiarity information: EQUALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To the same degree (often followed by 'as')

Synonyms:

as; equally; every bit

Context example:

he is every bit as mean as she is

Pertainym:

equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way

Synonyms:

equally; evenly

Context example:

deal equally with rich and poor

Antonym:

unequally (in an unequal or partial manner)

Pertainym:

equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)

 Context examples 

For him to resent such reproof was equally unexpected to her, and she sprang upon him in snarling indignation.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"I've no objection," was Meg's equally soothing remark.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We know equally that it must be a very difficult one, otherwise the creatures would have come down and overrun the surrounding country.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You were not equally matched, child—if any two people can be equally matched—and so I asked the question. You were an orphan, weren't you?” “Yes.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Almost equally swift, but not quite, was Wolf Larsen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Each had put an equal share of capital into the outfitting, and the profits were to be divided equally.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A fierce quarrel broke out, which was increased by the two guardsmen, who took sides with one of the loungers, and by the scissors-grinder, who was equally hot upon the other side.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was no warning, only a leap in like a flash, a metallic clip of teeth, a leap out equally swift, and Curly’s face was ripped open from eye to jaw.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

You cannot fail to see that twenty thousand pounds, the sum in question, divided equally between the nephew and three nieces of our uncle, will give five thousand to each?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Catherine thought this reproach equally strange and unkind.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)