evenly

So that each person or part receives the same amount or number.

• We shared the cake evenly.
• The teacher divided the children evenly into two groups.
• Are the costs split evenly between both families?

How to use it: divide/share something evenly between/among people (We divided the money evenly among the four winners.)

Similar words: equally

Opposites: unequally, unevenly

Common phrases: divide evenly, share evenly, evenly distributed

With the same thickness or height across a surface, so there are no bumps or gaps.

• Spread the butter evenly.
• She applied the paint evenly across the wall.
• Make sure the icing covers the cake evenly.

Similar words: uniformly, smoothly

Opposites: unevenly

Common phrases: spread evenly, coat evenly, apply evenly

When dividing numbers, with nothing left over.

• Ten divides evenly by two.
• Seven does not divide evenly into twenty.
• Which numbers are evenly divisible by four?

How to use it: be evenly divisible by + number (Twenty is evenly divisible by five.); divide evenly into + number (Three divides evenly into twelve.)

Similar words: without a remainder, exactly

Common phrases: evenly divisible, divide evenly, divides evenly into