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Adverb: proportionately  pru'por-shu-nut-lee
  1. To a proportionate degree
    "your salary will rise proportionately to your workload";
    - proportionally
     
  2. In a way that is in correspondence among the constituents of another entity
    "the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions"
     
  3. In a way that agrees in amount, magnitude or degree
    - pro rata

Antonym: disproportionately