proportionately
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4.1
- adverb
- /prəˈpɔrʃənətli/
:
proporcionalmente
- The mechanics of the job are much different now, and the rewards are proportionately less.
- proportionately more
- proportionately fewer
- increase proportionately
It doesn't extend exactly proportionately and in accordance with the force which is applied.
- It doesn't extend exactly proportionately and in accordance with the force which is applied.
- They're going to be kind of like overall, like if my skirt ended here, how would that look proportionately on the whole body?
- And it was it was found that there are proportionately as many males who qualify as compulsive buyers as as women.
- I'll use a little phthalo blue lizard proportionately.
Examples
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Vascular malformations are usually present at birth, and they grow proportionately with the child.
Academic text (2008) -
As the number of students increased, the resources were allocated proportionately to ensure everyone received support.
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And that transition is proportionately more important in Canada because of the nature of our economy.
Academic text (1993) -
So what happens is, if my house burns down, the number of losses in the system becomes proportionately larger.
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Thus, programs that execute a small part of their actual code set will execute proportionately faster.
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For example, there were proportionately more women in the MS group and more men in the HNCA group.
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The marketing efforts have increased proportionately to the rising throughput at the facility.
Academic text (1995) -
Because less gasoline is burned, CO2 emissions are proportionately reduced as well.
Academic text (2000) -
It has been estimated that the countries of the Middle East suffered more proportionately than any other belligerents in Greater Syria.
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In the Army SOF, for example, Hispanics and other minorities are proportionately represented or overrepresented.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
9
4.2
In a way that changes by the same amount as something else
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4.8
In a way that matches something else
1
7.5
In a way that matches something in size or degree
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5.8
According to each person's share or time worked
In a way that matches the size or amount of something
Each person or group gets a share that matches what they gave
Antonyms
How Proportionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
proportionately = proportionate (transparent) = proportion + ate + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'proportionate' with '-ly', and its meaning is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Proportionately comes from the word proportion, made of pro- ('for') and portion ('part' or 'share'). So, to act proportionately is to give or change parts that match the size, amount, or degree of something else.