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# equally

«equally» in Mova's school dictionary: **so that everyone or every part gets the same amount:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Equally means so that everyone or every part gets the same amount: share equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#m1)

2) Equally means just as much, to the same degree: equally good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

sharing or splitting so each gets the same («shared equally among 3» = divide by 3); in everyday life fairness («treat everyone equally»); in comparisons «equally tall», «equally important»

### examples

- Max splits 24 stamps equally into 4 boxes. How many stamps go in each box? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x1)
- 15 pears are shared equally among 3 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x2)
- Divide 20 beads equally into 5 bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x3)
- The two cakes are equally tasty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x4)
- Our teacher treats us all equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x5)
- Mum shared the chores equally between us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x6)
- Both answers are equally right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x7)
- "I will be equally kind and straightforward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/#x8)

### note

«shared/split equally» = divide the total by the number of shares. Trap: without «equally», a sharing story may give different amounts, and then division alone is not enough.

### In the corpora

- [Flipping a coin is a fair way to decide when both choices are equally good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/17/)
- [To share things equally means every one gets the same number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/84-sharing/0/)
- [Sharing: 12 apples shared equally among 3 children give each child 12 ÷ 3 = 4.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/132-sharing-and-grouping/1/)
- [Fairness means treating people without favourites, equally or according to what they need or deserve.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/10/)
- [In a tug of war with two equally strong teams, the rope stays still.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «equally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.