proportionately C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /prəˈpɔrʃənətli/ UK /prəˈpɔːʃənətli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a way that corresponds in size or degree to something else Costs rose proportionately as the project expanded. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a way that corresponds... proportionallycommensuratelycorrespondinglyrelativelycomparably ↔ Opposites disproportionatelyunequally Word family Related forms proportionateproportionproportional Etymology AI details From proportionate (from Late Latin proportionatus, from Latin proportio 'comparative relation', from portio 'portion') + the adverbial suffix -ly. proportionatus Latin portio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # proportionately **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /prəˈpɔrʃənətli/ **IPA (UK):** /prəˈpɔːʃənətli/ ## Meanings 1. in a way that corresponds in size or degree to something else ## Examples - Costs rose proportionately as the project expanded. ## Synonyms - proportionally - commensurately - correspondingly - relatively - comparably ## Antonyms - disproportionately - unequally ## Related Forms - proportionate - proportion - proportional ## Roots and Affixes - Root: proportionatus - Root: portio ## Etymology From proportionate (from Late Latin proportionatus, from Latin proportio 'comparative relation', from portio 'portion') + the adverbial suffix -ly. ## AI Etymology Proportionately is from proportionate (from Late Latin proportionatus, from Latin proportio 'comparative relation', from portio 'portion') + the adverbial suffix -ly. Important recorded forms include proportionatus (Latin) and portio (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in a way that corresponds in size or degree to something else. The wider family includes related words such as proportionate, proportion, and proportional. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown