Adverb
1. to the same degree (often followed by `as');
"they were equally beautiful""birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly""sang as sweetly as a nightingale""he is every bit as mean as she is"2. in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way;
"a class evenly divided between girls and boys""they split their winnings equally""deal equally with rich and poor"