proportionately, proportionally
(adverb) to a proportionate degree; “your salary will rise proportionately to your workload”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
proportionally (comparative more proportionally, superlative most proportionally)
In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*por"tion*al*ly, adv.
Definition: In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large. Sir I. Newton.
Pro*por"tion*al, a. Etym: [L. proportionalis: cf. F. proportionnel.]
1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. Milton.
2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. Hutton. 3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. Proportional logarithms, logistic logarithms. See under Logistic.
– Proportional scale, a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale.
– Proportional scales, compasses, dividers, etc. (Draughting), instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale.
Pro*por"tion*al, n.
1. (Math.)
Definition: Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: The combining weight or equivalent of an element. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
