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proˈportionately, adv. [f. proportionate a. + -ly2.] In a proportionate manner or degree; in or with due proportion; correspondingly.
1659Pearson Creed xii. (1820) I. 599 To this internal perfection is added a proportionately happy condition. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 13 That Brightness and Splendor..is presented to us more proportionately to our Capacities and Faculties. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) I. 11 It would be impossible for all to be arranged duly and proportionately. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam ix. (1878) 152 It always rains, and the vegetation is proportionately dense and luxuriant. |