proportionatelyadv.
/prəˈpɔːʃənətli/, /prəˈpɔːʃn̩ətli/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nətli/, /pərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nətli/ In a proportionate manner or degree; in or with due proportion; correspondingly.
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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
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 52 Anone ther was sought out, and a moyen founde, by the kynges in the cyte of Egipte called Memphis, to mesure proporsionatly the rysynge of the sprynge.
?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 12 The Principalis portion and salair as in the College of Humanite... The rest vt supra proportionately.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. 285 His armour was blew, like the heauen, which a Sun did with his rayes (proportionately deliuered) guild in most places.
1609 H. Wotton Let. 14 Aug. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 466 According as the opposition against shall increase, and proportionately the desire of having it.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 13 That Brightness and Splendor..is presented to us more proportionately to our Capacities and Faculties.
1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 113 Their insatiable Thirst after Riches, which unhappily encreases proportionately to their Incapacity to use them.
1790 W. Paterson Narr. of Four Journeys 164 The Spring Adder..is jet black, with white spots, from three to four feet long and proportionately thick.
1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. I. 37 It would be impossible for all to be arranged duly and proportionately.
1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam ix. 152 We passed the island of Chiloe to-day where it always rains, and..the vegetation is proportionately dense and luxuriant.
1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 257 The fantastic American toucans have bills developed proportionately even more than the hornbills.
1968 W. B. Vernberg in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. iii. iv. 373 In some animals the metabolic rate varies proportionately with the amount of oxygen present.
1999 D. J. Whittaker Terrorism Reader (2002) xvii. 244 The powers available under the terrorism bill will be subject to a series of checks and balances to ensure that they are used proportionately.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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