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Definition of "proportionately" [pro•por•tion•ate•ly]

  • In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally. (adverb)

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Use "proportionately" in a sentence
  • "They will be divided proportionately, which is the case for all the Democratic contests."
  • "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."
  • "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."