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Definitions for Averagely

[1] a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
[2] a typical amount, rate, degree, etc.; norm.
[3] Statistics . arithmetic mean.
[4] Mathematics . a quantity intermediate to a set of quantities.
[5] Commerce . a charge paid by the master of a ship for such services as pilotage or towage. an expense, partial loss, or damage to a ship or cargo. the incidence of such an expense or loss to the owners or their insurers. an equitable apportionment among all the interested parties of such an expense or loss. Compare general average, particular average.
[6] of or relating to an average; estimated by average; forming an average: The average rainfall there is 180 inches.
[7] typical; common; ordinary: The average secretary couldn't handle such a workload. His grades were nothing special, only average.
[8] to find an average value for (a variable quantity); reduce to a mean: We averaged the price of milk in five neighborhood stores.
[9] (of a variable quantity) to have as its arithmetic mean: Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.
[10] to do or have on the average: He averages seven hours of sleep a night.
[11] to have or show an average: to average as expected.
[12] average down , to purchase more of a security or commodity at a lower price to reduce the average cost of one's holdings.
[13] average out , to come out of a security or commodity transaction with a profit or without a loss. to reach an average or other figure: His taxes should average out to about a fifth of his income.
[14] average up , to purchase more of a security or commodity at a higher price to take advantage of a contemplated further rise in prices.
[15] on the /an average , usually; typically: She can read 50 pages an hour, on the average.
[16] the typical or normal amount, quality, degree, etc above average in intelligence
[17] Also called: arithmetic mean the result obtained by adding the numbers or quantities in a set and dividing the total by the number of members in the set the average of 3, 4, and 8 is 5
[18] (of a continuously variable ratio, such as speed) the quotient of the differences between the initial and final values of the two quantities that make up the ratio his average over the journey was 30 miles per hour
[19] maritime law a loss incurred or damage suffered by a ship or its cargo at sea the equitable apportionment of such loss among the interested parties
[20] (often plural) stock exchange a simple or weighted average of the prices of a selected group of securities computed in order to facilitate market comparisons
[21] on average , on the average or on an average usually; typically on average, he goes twice a week
[22] usual or typical
[23] mediocre or inferior his performance was only average
[24] constituting a numerical average the average age ; an average speed
[25] approximately typical of a range of values the average contents of a matchbox
[26] (tr) to obtain or estimate a numerical average of
[27] (tr) to assess the general quality of
[28] (tr) to perform or receive a typical number of to average eight hours' work a day
[29] (tr) to divide up proportionately they averaged the profits among the staff
[30] (tr) to amount to or be on average the children averaged 15 years of age
[31] (intr) stock exchange to purchase additional securities in a holding whose price has fallen (average down ) or risen (average up ) in anticipation of a speculative profit after further increases in price

Words related to Averagely

averagefairly, rather, reasonably, quite, somewhat, slightly, pretty, comparatively, relatively, moderately, adequately, passably, enough, gently, so-so, some, something, tolerable, temperately, tolerably

Words nearby Averagely

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Origin of Averagely

1485–95; earlier averay charge on goods shipped, orig. duty (< Middle French avarie < Old Italian avaria < Arabic ʿawārīyah damaged merchandise), with -age replacing -ay

Other words from Averagely

av·er·age·a·ble , adjective
av·er·age·ly , adverb
av·er·age·ness , noun
sub·av·er·age , adjective
sub·av·er·age·ly , adverb
su·per·av·er·age , adjective
su·per·av·er·age·ness , noun
un·av·er·aged , adjective
un·der·av·er·age , adjective
well-av·er·aged , adjective

Word origin for Averagely

C15 averay loss arising from damage to ships or cargoes (shared equitably among all concerned, hence the modern sense), from Old Italian avaria, ultimately from Arabic awār damage, blemish

Synonyms for Averagely

a little, fairly, quite, rather, reasonably, slightly, somewhat, passably, pretty, enough, gently, in moderation, in reason, kind of, more or less, more than not, not exactly, quite a bit, so-so, some, something, sort of, temperately, tolerable, tolerably, tolerantly, within limits, within reason