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Synonyms for unevenly
The synonym for unevenly recorded in this bank is unequally, in the sense "in an unequal or partial manner". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for unevenly
- unequallyadverb, in the sense "in an unequal or partial manner"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day unevenly is audited in a second meaning.
in an unequal or partial manner
Profits were distributed unevenly.
The true synonym
unequally
Same sentence, swapped: Profits were distributed unequally.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for unevenly in the sentence quoted.
- raggedly
- evenly
- intermittently
Where unevenly turns up in the game
unevenly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where unevenly is the trap
- abundantlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is profusely, in the sense "in large quantities; plentifully", and unevenly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- equallyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is evenly, in the sense "in equal amounts or shares", so unevenly is there to be ruled out.
- impulsivelyadverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is impetuously, in the sense "in an impulsive or impetuous way", with unevenly sitting one tile away.
Play unevenly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unevenly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at Summit, then their alphabetical neighbours.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unevenly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.