proportionately

adverb

as in commensurately

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Recent Examples of proportionately Many of these costs don’t need to increase proportionately with revenue. — Robert Gauvreau, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The largest Democratic donor networks are proportionately male. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 As the companies’ power and dominance have mushroomed, their sense of accountability has diminished proportionately. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026 Pasion Inquebrantable – Unwavering passion Panama is a small country with a proportionately large sporting footprint. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 10 June 2026 However, the far smaller Jewish community is proportionately much more impacted –- with 2,873 incidents, the Jewish community experienced more than eight times as many episodes per capita. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 Royalty payments are made proportionately to musicians and songwriters from a pool of funds, according to the federal prosecutor’s office. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026 Brito said some airports have proportionately higher jet fuel consumption, pointing to Singapore and Frankfurt, so concentration and distance from suppliers create an additional layer of market jitters that is reflected in current prices. — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026 The letter also said Iran doesn’t seek tension and would not initiate a war but would respond decisively and proportionately if attacked. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionately
  1. commensurately
  2. abundantly
  3. amply
  4. optimally
  5. plentifully
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  • Marc Benioff Salesforce CEO For months, analysts have assumed that frontier large language models will accrue an ever-greater share of the value created by AI, with the valuations of those companies soaring commensurately.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian and Stephen Henriques, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Right at the bottom of the bunch is Japan, a perhaps unsurprising candidate due to circumstances like the nation's long working hours and commensurately lengthy commuting times, as reported by the ⁠NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute.
    — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of commensurately
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  • Poison hemlock grows abundantly in nearly every state in the United States, except Hawaii.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
  • However, assorted studies suggest that hair overall tends to grow faster during the summer months, possibly due to hormones released more abundantly in warmer temperatures.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of abundantly
Adverb
  • Though ocean waters across the Atlantic are amply warm right now, those cross-cutting winds—known as wind shear—aren’t abating.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Folks who drafted Oppenheimer based on that pedigree a few years ago were amply rewarded.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of amply
Adverb
  • There’s no single architecture that optimally addresses every application.
    — Iri Trashanski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That lack of growth in player compensation for MLB players relative to their NHL, NBA and NFL peers demonstrates that the current system is not working optimally for all the players at a time when the owners are selling teams for record valuations.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of optimally
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  • During the smoke wave and explosive diarrhea epidemic, the bagged salads at Trader Joe’s were plentifully stocked.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • By Sunday evening, all tickets to England-Argentina in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium — priced at $3,545 in category 1 — were sold out, whereas tickets to France-Spain at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, were plentifully available.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of plentifully

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“Proportionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proportionately. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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