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Proportionally

Definition: Proportionally

Proportionally

Adverb

1. To a proportionate degree; "your salary will rise proportionately to your workload".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "proportionally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)


Synonym: Proportionally

Synonym: proportionately (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: disproportionately (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Proportionally

English words defined with "proportionally": Normal spectrumProportionably, Proportionment, proratescale down, scale upTemple rubato. (references)
Specialty definitions using "proportionally": mortgage-backed passthrough securitiesWindpower Curve. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Proportionally

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

It should be emphasized that U.S. producers are still not very active, (proportionally less active than U.S. consultants), and they have not generally established close links with potential Polish partners. (references)

Per capita expenditure on garden equipment in the U.K. compares favorably with other European countries and, as proportionally more people live in houses rather than apartments, garden ownership is relatively high. The hand tool market has become polarized between leading suppliers, offering high quality branded ranges, typically competing with low cost imported items. (references)

Children

Israel and the occupied territories

Government spending was proportionally lower in predominantly Arab areas than in Jewish areas, which adversely affects children in Arab villages and cities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

The Government provides proportionally greater financial support to institutions in the Jewish sector compared with those in the non-Jewish sector, i.e., Muslim, Christian, and Druze. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The unemployment rate has declined in recent years and hovers at 10%. The rate of unemployment among high school and college graduates, however, remains proportionally higher than the rate for less educated workers. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

In addition government spending is proportionally far lower in predominantly Arab areas than in Jewish areas; on a per capita basis, the Government spends two-thirds as much for Arabs as for Jews. (references)

Political Economy

Ukraine

The other half are elected proportionally from political party lists. (references)

Political Rights

Lesotho

This new system retains the existing 80 seats, which continue to be decided by a plurality voting system, but adds 40 proportionally decided seats, for a total of 120 seats in the lower house. (references)

Women

Korea

The Constitution states that "women hold equal social status and rights with men." However, although women are represented proportionally in the labor force, few women have reached high levels of the party or the Government. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Proportionally

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Our population advances with a celerity which, exceeding the most sanguine calculations, proportionally augments our strength and resources, and guarantees our future security.

James Monroe

1817-1825By increasing the number of the States the confidence of the State governments in their own security is increased and their jealousy of the National Government proportionally diminished.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Proportionally

"Proportionally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proportionally" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%8934,931

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Proportionally

Expression using "proportionally": proportionally to. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "proportionally": proportionally-reduced.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Proportionally

Language Translations for "proportionally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

proporcionalisht (pro rata), përpjesëtimisht (pro rata), në përpjesëtim me. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

成"例 (Proportionated, Proportionating, Proportioned, Proportioning). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přimìřenì (adequately). (various references)

   

Danish

  

deltage pro rata (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pro rata bijdragen naar rata bijdragen (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally), naar verhouding bijdragen (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally), naar rato bijdragen (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally), naar evenredigheid bijdragen (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally), evenredig bijdragen (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally). (various references)

   

French

  

contribuer proportionnellement (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally), contribuer en proportion (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally), contribuer au prorata (to contribute in proportion, to contribute pro rata, to contribute proportionally). (various references)

   

German

  

proportional (proportional, proportionate, proportionately). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αναλογώσ (accordingly, considering). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

비례 으로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oportionallypray

   

Romanian

  

proporţional (proportional). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

proporcionalmente (proportionately). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Proportionally"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "proportionally" (pronounced prupô"rshunulē or prupô"rshnulē)
6-sh u n u l ēadditionally, conditionally, congressionally, constitutionally, conventionally, educationally, exceptionally, fractionally, functionally, generationally, institutionally, intentionally, internationally, irrationally, nationally, nutritionally, operationally, professionally, rationally, traditionally, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, unintentionally.
5-u n u l ēcriminally, diagonally, marginally, medicinally, nominally, occasionally, originally, personally, phenomenally, provisionally, regionally, seasonally, subliminally, terminally.
4-n u l ēdiurnally, emotionally, eternally, externally, finally, gravitationally, internally, serenely, uncannily.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, confidentially, conspiratorially, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, cordially, crazily, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, eerily, electrically, electronically, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, ethically, eventually, experimentally, exponentially, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, intellectually, intrinsically, involuntarily, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, normally, novelly, officially, oligopoly, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, provincially, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, readily, regally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
5-sh n u l ēemotionally, gravitationally.
4-n u l ēadditionally, conditionally, congressionally, constitutionally, conventionally, criminally, diagonally, diurnally, educationally, eternally, exceptionally, externally, finally, fractionally, functionally, generationally, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, irrationally, marginally, medicinally, nationally, nominally, nutritionally, occasionally, operationally, originally, personally, phenomenally, professionally, provisionally, rationally, regionally, seasonally, serenely, subliminally, terminally, traditionally, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, unintentionally.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, confidentially, conspiratorially, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, cordially, crazily, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, eerily, electrically, electronically, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, ethically, eventually, experimentally, exponentially, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, intellectually, intrinsically, involuntarily, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, normally, novelly, officially, oligopoly, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, provincially, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, readily, regally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Proportionally

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-y"

-2 letters: proportional.

-3 letters: propranolol.

-4 letters: optionally, pollinator, proportion.

-5 letters: allotropy, apportion, polytonal, proration.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-y"
 

+5 letters: anthropomorphically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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