proportionally
adverb/prəˈpɔrʃənəli/
Frequency rank: #13,824 most common English word
Meaning
in a way that corresponds to the relative size, amount, or degree of something else.
Example sentence
Taller employees are not paid proportionally more than shorter ones in this company.
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