Definition of proportionally in English:
proportionally
adverb prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəliprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n(ə)li
In a way that corresponds in size or amount to something else.
health problems increased proportionally to the number of hours worked
the benefits paid out are proportionally greater for lower-wage workers
Example sentencesExamples
- Everyone pays proportionally.
- Smaller companies have lost proportionally more analysts than the large companies.
- Fifty-three seats in the national Parliament are allocated proportionally.
- As computer systems and their associated applications grow, demands on data storage also increase proportionally.
- The members' interests may not be proportionally represented.
- As the ground speed increases, the belt speed increases proportionally.
- Most of the economies included in the study had proportionally large numbers of agricultural workers.
- Income and losses are attributed proportionally to each partner.
- The health problems increased proportionally to the number of hours worked.
- Returns on rentals will be pooled and distributed proportionally on an annual basis to investors.
Definition of proportionally in US English:
proportionally
adverbprəˈpɔrʃ(ə)n(ə)liprəˈpôrSH(ə)n(ə)lē
In a way that corresponds in size or amount to something else.
health problems increased proportionally to the number of hours worked
the benefits paid out are proportionally greater for lower-wage workers
Example sentencesExamples
- The members' interests may not be proportionally represented.
- Everyone pays proportionally.
- Returns on rentals will be pooled and distributed proportionally on an annual basis to investors.
- The health problems increased proportionally to the number of hours worked.
- Smaller companies have lost proportionally more analysts than the large companies.
- Fifty-three seats in the national Parliament are allocated proportionally.
- As the ground speed increases, the belt speed increases proportionally.
- As computer systems and their associated applications grow, demands on data storage also increase proportionally.
- Most of the economies included in the study had proportionally large numbers of agricultural workers.
- Income and losses are attributed proportionally to each partner.