Obs. Also 1 efnlicnesse, emlicnes. [OE. efnlicnesse, f. efnlic, efenlic, EVENLY a. + -NESS.] The quality of being even; equality, evenness; adaptation, suitability.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xvii. 122. Hie healdað ma ʓeferrædenne & efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordom.
a. 1000. Eadwine’s Cant. Psalt. cxviii. [cxix.] 144. Emlicnes ʓewitnesse þin on ecnesse.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 8. If we do but allow God to deal with us, who are reasonable beings, in wayes bearing an evenliness with our kind.
