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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#x1)
- The cake cooked unevenly and was burnt on one side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#x2)
- The paint was spread unevenly on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#x3)
- People are spread unevenly across Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#x4)
- The table wobbled because it stood unevenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#x5)
- He breathed unevenly after the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenly/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/11/)
- [Winds start because the Sun warms the Earth unevenly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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