Meaning & use

Equivalently

adverb·Academic

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In a way that is equal in value, meaning, or effect.

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The two formulas can be written equivalently using either notation.

Employees who work overtime are compensated equivalently with extra pay or time off.

A note on using this word

"Equivalently" is common in mathematics and logic to introduce a restated version of a statement that has the same truth value.

Words with a similar meaning

correspondinglyidentically

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