Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E'VEN-LY, adv. [e'vnly.]

1. With an even, level or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations and depressions; as, things evenly spread.
2. Equally; uniformly; in an equipoise; as, evenly balanced.
3. In a level position; horizontally. The surface of the sea is evenly distant from the center of the earth. Brerewood.
4. Impartially; without bias from favor or enmity. Bacon.