Meaning & use
Proportionately
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In a way that corresponds in size, amount, or degree to something else.
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Costs should be shared proportionately among all the partners.
Smaller companies were proportionately harder hit by the new regulations.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'disproportionately' as its natural opposite when comparing fairness or balance in outcomes.
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proportionallycorrespondingly
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