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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
even1

▶adjective (evener, evenest)

1 flat and smooth; level.

2 equal in number, amount, or value.
■ equally balanced: the match was fairly even.

■ having little variation in quality; regular.

3 (of a person's temper or disposition) equable; calm.

4 (of a number) divisible by two without a remainder.

▶verb (often even out/up) make or become even. ▶adverb used for emphasis: he knows even less than I do.

– phrases
even as at the very same time as.
an even break informal a fair chance.
even if despite the possibility or fact that.
even now (or then)

1 now (or then) as well as before.

2 in spite of what has (or had) happened.

3 at this (or that) very moment.

even so nevertheless.
even though despite the fact that.
of even date Law or formal of the same date.
on an even keel

1 not listing or tilting to one side.

2 functioning normally after a period of difficulty.

– derivatives
evenly adverb,
evenness noun.

– origin OE efen (adj.), efne (adv.), of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
even2

▶noun archaic or literary evening.

– origin OE ǣfen, of Gmc origin.

'Evenly' also found in these Oxford entries:

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