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.