Meanings
comparative more commensurately · superlative most commensurately
- In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
One thing heterofatalism reflects is a persistent lack of faith that those we desire will be able to recognize us as commensurately human.
2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 20251 more example
Admiral Kurita has no identification charts for escort carriers, and so, assumes that the distant targets are fleet carriers. Commensurately, by scale, their escorts must either be battleships or cruisers. The Japanese forces therefore continue to load armor-piercing rounds, what will turn out to be a very fortuitous mistake for their targets for as long as it lasts.
2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 12:25 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022Synonyms: adequately, proportionately
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
Origin
Translations
Dutch evenredig, samenvallend
- evenredigIn a commensurate manner.
- samenvallendWith equal measure or extent.
- overeenstemmendWith equal measure or extent.
French proportionnel, convergent
- proportionnelIn a commensurate manner.
- convergentWith equal measure or extent.
- correspondantWith equal measure or extent.
German entsprechend, gleichermaßen
- entsprechendWith equal measure or extent.
- gleichermaßenWith equal measure or extent.
Cite this entry
commensurately. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commensurately
“commensurately.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commensurately. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commensurately,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commensurately.
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