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To be equal vs to be equally

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'To be equal' is used to compare two things or people, while 'to be equally' is used to describe how something is done in a fair or impartial manner.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 1143 views

To be equal

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to compare two things or people.

This phrase is used to indicate that two things or people have the same value, size, or status.

Examples:

Both teams are equal in skill.
In a fair society, all individuals should be treated as equals.

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Ferengi technology is estimated to be equal to our own.
They happen to be equal in this case.
The deferred amount was to be equal to PLN 693000 (about EUR 178000).
Everything always has to be equal with you.
And I want to be equal partner.
Pretend to be equal to others.
But even then, I did not understand... why she would want Commoners to be equal with us.
Therefore, the overall efficiency of the different processes was considered to be equal and invoked similar production costs.
For physical assets, the economic value was considered to be equal to the cash flows that their continued operation was expected to generate.
Discrimination exists when situations that are different and specific are considered to be equal, as is the case with Portuguese fishing.
For the sake of simplicity, in this analysis administrative costs are assumed to be equal to zero ().
If two endpoints are closer than this, they are made to be equal.
And how they hate it when we show our appetite to be equal with theirs.
Appear to be equal in size, one directly in line with the other.
Try to be equal, they'll hate us.
Your opponent has the option of being chivalrous and also taking the same handicap so that the match continues to be equal but he doesn't have to.
Of course, we are dealing with a complicated process, but Europe has to be equal to the challenges facing it.
Align Threshold: If two endpoints are closer than this value, they are made to be equal.
There needs to be equal treatment, otherwise we will open up a gap that will have incalculable consequences for the future of the Union.
I do not doubt that Europe, a symbol of solidarity, will show itself to be equal to it.

Alternatives:

to be the same
to be on par with
to be identical

to be equally

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe how something is done in a fair or impartial manner.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is done in a way that is fair or impartial.

Examples:

The prizes were distributed equally among the winners.
All students should be treated equally in the classroom.

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We need to be equally well-prepared.
Madam President, after that stroke of luck, I hope to be equally fortunate in asking for the vote on this legislative resolution to be postponed.
The last 12 months have seen a lively debate in the field of pension reforms and this year promises to be equally intense.
I call upon the Council to be equally courageous.
In the individual Member States, progress and regression have to be equally measured by the existing human rights standards.
I should like the reply to be equally specific.
Any capital additional to the minimum required needs to be equally remunerated from the perspective of investors.
Aunt Lilian's funeral needs to be equally resplendent.
I have to be equally honest and say that other objectives which fall within the Commission's remit have been disregarded.
I left everything to Paul and Felix, to be equally divided.
I just want us to be equally happy.
Devalued exchange rates, moderate government budget deficits, and the passage of time all appeared to be equally ineffective remedies.
It ought to be equally obvious that every country may draw up their own regulations in this area.
This means, that when reproduction by morphallaxis occurs in synchronised worms during the test, virtually all animals are expected to be equally exposed to the spiked sediment.
However, the Union's role in solving problems connected with poverty and inequality continues to be equally important.
All citizens need to be equally represented in the chosen logo, not only the English-speaking ones.
I hope they are going to be equally constructive on other matters in this field that are before the House at the moment.
They need to be equally accessible to the new and old Member States.
I would ask all of you who regularly hold the ECB responsible and voice criticism of it to be equally or even more critical of the Member States' failures.
It is clear that if the aim is to make the order for payment enforceable in all Member States, thus doing away with exequatur procedures, service has to be equally reliable in every country.

Alternatives:

in an equal manner
fairly
impartially

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