Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a proportionate manner or degree; with due proportion; according to a settled or suitable rate or degree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
proportionate manner; withdue proportion ;proportionally .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a proportionate degree
- adverb in proportion
- adverb in proportion
Etymologies
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Examples
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They will be divided proportionately, which is the case for all the Democratic contests.
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Vavasor at length found he must not continue to visit Hester so often, while not ready to go further; and that, much as he was in love -- proportionately, that is, to his faculty for loving -- he dare not do.
Weighed and Wanting George MacDonald 1864
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Germany has utilized a mixed proportional system in its parliament since 1949, electing roughly half of the 598 members of the Bundenstag proportionately, but has seen the same erosion of its electorate that other Western countries have.
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Germany has utilized a mixed proportional system in its parliament since 1949, electing roughly half of the 598 members of the Bundenstag proportionately, but has seen the same erosion of its electorate that other Western countries have.
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Germany has utilized a mixed proportional system in its parliament since 1949, electing roughly half of the 598 members of the Bundenstag proportionately, but has seen the same erosion of its electorate that other Western countries have.
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It would push for agreements so that governments act "proportionately" and "in accordance with national and international law", he said.
William Hague reveals hacker attack on Foreign Office in call for cyber rules 2011
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Ashkenazi said his troops were fired on first and responded "proportionately" and with restraint, shooting back when they were in mortal danger.
Resistance on Gaza flotilla more than expected, Israeli military chief says 2010
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I make that 15.8 people but the report says that 18 of them were classed as addicts who spent 'proportionately' more time on sex, gambling and online community websites.
Archive 2010-02-01 TK 2010
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I make that 15.8 people but the report says that 18 of them were classed as addicts who spent 'proportionately' more time on sex, gambling and online community websites.
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Ashkenazi said his troops were fired on first and responded "proportionately" and with restraint, shooting back when they were in mortal danger.
Resistance on Gaza flotilla more than expected, Israeli military official says 2010
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