evenlike
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English efenlike, also evenliche, from Old English efnlīċe (“evenly, equally”, adverb). More at evenly.
Adverb
[edit]evenlike (comparative more evenlike, superlative most evenlike)
- (now chiefly dialectal, nonstandard) Evenly.
- 1999, Pamela Quint Chambers, The Bride Quilt - Page 217:
- "I figured to show you how to practice your stitches on the mendin' 'til you can sew them all small an' evenlike.
Etymology 2
[edit]From even + -like. Compare Middle English evenlike, Old English efenlīc (“equal, even”).
Adjective
[edit]evenlike (comparative more evenlike, superlative most evenlike)
- Characteristically even, equal, or level.
- 1835, The Dublin Penny Journal, volumes 3-4, page 247:
- Kate was not of a sorrowful disposition; but since the death of an affectionate mother, whom she had dearly loved, her natural vivacity had settled into an evenlike seriousness of manner, which gave to her pleasing countenance a doubly interesting appearance [...]
- 2004, Optics Letters - Volume 29, Pages 417-912 - Page 861:
- The magnetic field component, Hz, of the waveguide mode considered assumes an evenlike symmetry along the center of the waveguide. In type A structures, the photonic crystal cladding has even symmetry along the center of the defect.
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