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Word Meanings - PROPORTIONALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large. Sir I. Newton.

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  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
  • ADAPTABLE
    Capable of being adapted.
  • PROPORTION
    1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his
  • RELATIVELY
    In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.
  • ADAPTNESS
    Adaptedness.
  • PROPORTIONABLE
    Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke.
  • LARGE-ACRED
    Possessing much land.
  • PROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being in proportion. Coleridge.
  • PROPORTIONATENESS
    The quality or state of being proportionate. Sir M. Hale.
  • ADAPTIVE
    Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. -- A*dapt"ive*ly, adv.
  • ADAPT
    Fitted; suited. Swift.
  • ADAPTATION
    1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. "Adaptation of the means to the end." Erskine. 2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
  • PROPORTIONLESS
    Without proportion; unsymmetrical.
  • ADAPTORIAL
    Adaptive.
  • ADAPTEDNESS
    The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.
  • ADAPTER
    A connecting tube; an adopter. (more info) 1. One who adapts.
  • BUILDING
    1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall. 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture
  • LARGE-HANDED
    Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
  • PROPORTIONABLY
    Proportionally. Locke.
  • LARGE-HEARTED
    Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • MISPROPORTION
    To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
  • DISPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.
  • SHIPBUILDER
    A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
  • FOOL-LARGESSE
    Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
  • OUTBUILD
    To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
  • OVERBUILD
    1. To build over. Milton. 2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
  • UNDERBUILDER
    A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.
  • REBUILDER
    One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
  • IMPROPORTIONABLE
    Not proportionable. B. Jonson.

 

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