correspondingly
adverb/ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪŋli/
Frequency rank: #16,255 most common English word
Meaning
in a way that matches or is in proportion to something else mentioned.
Example sentence
Sales increased significantly last quarter, and profits rose correspondingly.
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