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proportionately en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree English proportionate Middle English -ly English -ly English proportionately From proportionate + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
   • During this analysis, it became apparent that the home team seemed to be receiving proportionately greater generosity from the referee than the away team. 1997, Jens Bangsbo, Thomas Reilly, Mike Hughes, Science and Football III: Proceedings of the Third World Congress of Science:
   • Whereas numbers of trees and basal areas of all species increased between 1957 and 1972, the 1972—1977 timber harvest reduced the number of large black and scarlet oaks proportionately more than other species. 2009, Paul S. Johnson, Stephen R. Shifley, Robert Rogers, The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks, 2nd edition, page 245:

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