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Definition: Proportionately |
ProportionatelyAdverb1. To a proportionate degree; "your salary will rise proportionately to your workload". 2. To a proportionate degree; "the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions". 3. In proportion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "proportionately" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Synonyms: ProportionatelySynonyms: pro rata (adv), proportionally (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disproportionately (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Proportionately |
| English words defined with "proportionately": duckpins ♦ proportionally, Proratable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "proportionately": assay ton ♦ Insurance, General-Average ♦ Loan Fee. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Leon Battista Alberti | Beauty -- the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Labor is the curse of the world, and nobody can meddle with it without becoming proportionately brutified. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In periodically estimating Germany's capacity to pay, the Commission shall examine the German system of taxation, first, to the end that the sums for reparation which Germany is required to pay shall become a charge upon all her revenues prior to that for the service or discharge of any domestic loan, and secondly, so as to satisfy itself that, in general, the German scheme of taxation is fully as heavy proportionately as that of any of the Powers represented on the Commission. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the operating room, surgeons can lengthen muscles and tendons that are proportionately too short. (references) | |
And the incidence of stroke is increasing proportionately with the increase in the elderly population. (references) | ||
There appear to be proportionately more children infected, more children with asymptomatic or mild infections, and children with hemorrhagic manifestations after infections. (references) | ||
Business | Given the optimistic projection for the growth of the car population there is little doubt that demand for automotive parts and accessories will increase proportionately. (references) | |
Children | Israel and the occupied territories | Arab children make up approximately one-quarter of the public school population, but historically government resources allocated for them were proportionately less than for Jewish children. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Liechtenstein | The budget is allocated proportionately according to membership numbers. (references) |
Economic History | Czech Republic | Public support for NATO membership remains around 50%-60%. The Czech Government committed itself in 1996 to increase defense spending by 0.1% of GDP annually until the year 2000, when military spending will reach or exceed 2% of GDP. This will put Czech defense spending on a level proportionately comparable with other NATO allies. (references) |
Political Rights | Jordan | The Palestinian community, estimated at more than half of the total population, is not represented proportionately in the Government and legislature. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Proportionately" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proportionately" is used about 205 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 205 | 21,272 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "proportionately": proportionately speaking. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "proportionately"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 均衡地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | úmìrnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | prisen forhoejes proportionalt med den eventuelle forhoejelse af den faelles pris (the price shall be increased proportionately to any rise in the common price). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | de prijs wordt verhoogd in evenredigheid met de eventuele verhoging van de gemeenschappelijke prijs (the price shall be increased proportionately to any rise in the common price). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suhteellisesti (in proportion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | le prix est augmenté proportionnellement l'augmentation éventuelle du prix commun (the price shall be increased proportionately to any rise in the common price). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | proportional (proportional, proportionally, proportionate), entsprechend (according, according to, accordingly, adequate, analogical, appropriate, commensurately, complying, conforming, congruent, congruous, considering, consistently, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, corresponding to, correspondingly, equivalent, fitting, homologous, in accordance with, obverse, pertinent, proportionally, proportionate, relevant), angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fair, fitly, moderate, pertinent, proportionate, reasonable, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | η τιμή αυξάνεται ανάλογα προς την ενδεχόμενη αύξηση της κοινής τιμής (the price shall be increased proportionately to any rise in the common price). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | arányosan (in proportion, pro rata, to draw sg to scale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | il prezzo è maggiorato in proporzione all'eventuale aumento del prezzo comune (the price shall be increased proportionately to any rise in the common price). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 비례하. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oportionatelypray o preço será aumentado proporcionalmente ao aumento eventual do preço comum (the price shall be increased proportionately to any rise in the common price). (various references) пропорционально (pro rata, prorata, ratably, rateably). (various references) proporcionalmente (proportionally). (various references) förhållandevis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "proportionately": disproportionately, overproportionately. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "proportionately" (pronounced prupô"rshunutlē) |
| 13 | p r u p ô" r sh u n u t l ē | disproportionately. |
| 7 | -sh u n u t l ē | affectionately, compassionately, dispassionately, passionately. |
| 6 | -u n u t l ē | definitely, fortunately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, unfortunately. |
| 5 | -n u t l ē | alternately, minutely. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, appropriately, approximately, commensurately, deliberately, delicately, desperately, elaborately, explicitly, exquisitely, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, moderately, privately, quietly, secretly, separately, tacitly, ultimately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: proportionate. | |
-3 letters: interpolator, proportional. | |
-4 letters: poltroonery, protonotary, protoplanet, reapportion. | |
-5 letters: anteriorly, interparty, intertroop, peroration, pleiotropy, preportion, propionate, proportion, prototypal, toleration, torrential. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: disproportionately. | |
+4 letters: overproportionately. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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