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单词 proportionally
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proportionallyadv.

Brit. /prəˈpɔːʃn̩əli/, /prəˈpɔːʃn̩l̩i/, /prəˈpɔːʃənl̩i/, /prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəli/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nəli/, /pərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nəli/
Forms: Middle English proporcionalliche, Middle English proporcionaly, Middle English–1500s proporcionallie, Middle English–1500s proporcionally, Middle English–1500s proportionaly, 1500s proportionallie, 1500s proportionallye, 1500s– proportionally; Scottish pre-1700 proporcionali, pre-1700 proporcionaly, pre-1700 proporcyonaly, pre-1700 proportionalie, pre-1700 proportionallie, pre-1700 proportionaly, pre-1700 1700s– proportionally.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: proportion n., -ally suffix, proportional adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: In sense 1 apparently < proportion n. + -ally suffix. In later senses < proportional adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin proportionaliter proportionately, in a proportional manner (6th cent. in Boethius; frequently c1120–1470 in British sources), Old Occitan proporcionalment proportionately, in proportion (14th cent.), Middle French, French proportionnellement proportionately, in proportion (1340 in Anglo-Norman as proporcionelment).
1. Scottish. In (equal) proportions or instalments. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > in a proportionate manner/with due proportion
evena1200
proportionally1389
attemperatelyc1420
measurably1423
proportionablyc1443
proportionly1469
proportionatelyc1487
proportionable1600
commensurably1652
commensuratelya1680
answerably1713
1389 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 24 Gyfand..yhere be yhere..at Qwhyssonday and Martimes..aucht penys of syluer of vsuale monay proporcyonaly, into name of male.
1434 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1880) IV. 567 (note) Ten markkis of usuale mone of oure realme at twa termes of the yheir proporcionaly.
1649 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1891) II. 83 To be payit..at Candilmes, Beltan, Lambmes, and Allhallowday proportionalie.
1691 Cramond Kirk Session III. 1 June That what money hath been formerly laide out of the poores boxe..for reparationes of the kirk,..be laide on at the first quott for reparationes, and be proportionally repayed by the heretors in to the poores boxe.
2.
a. In a proportional manner or degree; in (due) proportion; correspondingly.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adverb] > equal or constant
proportionally?a1560
continually proportional1571
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 305 The more is þe maistry of moysture, so þat the maystrye of colde encresce proporcionalliche, so whitenes encresceþ.
c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 158v (MED) And if þe emplastre be leid to woundis þat ȝeue quytture, we make an hole in þe plastre proporcionaly to þe wounde.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xx. sig. F iv Yf a parallele line be drawen to any side of a triangle it shal proportionallye cut the two other sides.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 137v Suche a bitternesse of sorrowe..as maie proportionally aunswer the greatnesse of the fault.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 23 Harmonical proportion increases neither equally nor proportionally: nor do the extremes added or multiplied produce the like number with the mean.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. liii. 335 The dear Miss,..as she moves thro' her admiring School-fellows, may..be as gloriously elated, proportionally, as that of the greatest Hero in his Triumphal Car, who has return'd from Exploits.
1794 R. Hodgkinson Jrnl. 5 Aug. in Lancashire Gentleman (1992) iv. 69 As the time of the Sale approached I found myself proportionally anxious about the issue.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xvi. 354 Hector is rising rapidly in the army..and rises proportionally high in his uncle's favour.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 82 His friendships were keen and his hostilities more than proportionally bitter.
1940 M. Tornich Radius Action Aircraft App. B 111 As the longitudinal scale became greater with increasing distance from the equator, the latitude increased proportionally.
1960 A. H. Benade Horns, Strings, & Harmony vi. 110 The frequency of a string rises proportionally with the square root of the tension.
2006 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 June 1 County officials had maintained those costs should be split proportionally according to water usage.
b. In a well-proportioned manner; with the parts in pleasing or appropriate proportion. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adverb]
proportionallyc1475
symmetrically?1578
regularly1629
symmetriously1656
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adverb] > well-proportioned
proportionallyc1475
c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 70 His gardins ond herbers..were so proporcionallie in a convenient distaunce sett and planted withe treis of verdure of divers fructis..that it was the joieust and plesaunt sighte.
1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 406 A body well compact, tall of stature, upright, proportionally limmed.
1742 Jrnl. Bk. Royal Soc. 17 in Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. (1996) 50 20 Some of the Society were of opinion that this Man was the very same person with the other formerly shown in London; there being a great resemblance in their Feature, tho' this seemed more proportionally made.
1768 C. Clarke in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 78 They are..as well and proportionally made as ever I saw people in my life.
3. Analogously, equivalently. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adverb]
proportionally1606
correlativelya1656
co-relatively1870
complementarily1909
1606 T. Bell Regiment of Church i. 2 The same may be said Analogically & proportionally, of all inferiour magistrates.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. i. §3 I presume them to speak proportionally and analogally to their other doctrine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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