PROPORTIONATELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proportionately mean? 

• PROPORTIONATELY (adverb)
  The adverb PROPORTIONATELY has 3 senses:

1. to a proportionate degree

2. in proportion

3. in proportion

  Familiarity information: PROPORTIONATELY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPORTIONATELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a proportionate degree

Synonyms:

proportionally; proportionately

Context example:

your salary will rise proportionately to your workload

Antonym:

disproportionately (to a disproportionate degree)

Pertainym:

proportionate (agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In proportion

Context example:

the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions

Antonym:

disproportionately (out of proportion)

Pertainym:

proportionate (exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In proportion

Synonyms:

pro rata; proportionately

Pertainym:

proportionate (agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree)

 Context examples 

I have only to hope that they may be proportionately short.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)