Unevenly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uneven \Un*e"ven\, a. [AS. unefen. See {Un-} not, and {Even},
     a.]
     1. Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven
        road or way; uneven ground.
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     2. Not equal; not of equal length.
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              Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. --Peacham.
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     3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of
        numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.
        [1913 Webster] {Un*e"ven*ly}, adv. -- {Un*e"ven*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unevenly
       adv 1: in an uneven and irregular way [ant: {evenly}]
       2: in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered,
          drawing at it raggedly" [syn: {raggedly}]
       3: in an unequal or partial manner; "profits were distributed
          unevenly"; "angry at being dealt with so unequally" [syn:
          {unequally}] [ant: {evenly}, {evenly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "unevenly":
     at irregular intervals, at random, brokenly, by catches, by fits,
     by jerks, by snatches, capriciously, chaotically, choppily,
     desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously, disparately,
     disproportionately, eccentrically, erratically, every which way,
     fitfully, haltingly, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy,
     impulsively, in snatches, in spots, in the rough, inconsistently,
     inconstantly, indefensibly, inexcusably, inexpiably, iniquitously,
     interestedly, intermittently, irregularly, irremissibly, jaggedly,
     jerkily, lurchingly, nonuniformly, off and on, one-sidedly,
     partially, patchily, raggedly, rough, roughly, spasmodically,
     sporadically, spottily, unallowably, uncertainly, unconscionably,
     undeservedly, undispassionately, unequally, unfairly, unforgivably,
     unjustifiably, unjustly, unmethodically, unpardonably,
     unpredictably, unreasonably, unrhythmically, unsteadily,
     unsystematically, ununiformly, unwarrantably, variably, variously,
     whimsically, wobblingly, wrongfully, wrongly