proportionally

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adverb

In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively.

Less commonScrabble 21

Meanings

adverbproportionally (comparative more proportionally, superlative most proportionally)

comparative more proportionally · superlative most proportionally

  1. In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively.

    The spiny-cheeked honeyeater has a more generalized diet and the gastrointestinal tract is similar structurally and proportionally to other honyeaters.

    1999, Karen van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Margaretha W. van Rooyen, Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants, page 23
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    The will of those who never allow their will to be disputed, unless they happen to be in a good humour, when they relax proportionally, is almost always unreasonable.

    1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, “Duty to Parents”, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC, page 358

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbto a proportionate degree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishproportional
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishproportionally

From proportional + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan proporcionalment
  • proporcionalmentin proportion
French proportionnellement, proportionnément
  • proportionnellementin proportion
  • proportionnémentin proportion
German proportional
  • proportionalin proportion
Greek ανάλογα
  • ανάλογα (análoga)in proportion
Hungarian arányosan
  • arányosanin proportion
Italian proporzionalmente
  • proporzionalmentein proportion
Portuguese proporcionalmente
  • proporcionalmentein proportion
Russian пропорциона́льно
  • пропорциона́льно (proporcionálʹno)in proportion
Spanish proporcionalmente
  • proporcionalmentein proportion
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