adv
Meaning 1
in a disproportionate manner
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disproportionately
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adverb
Meaning 2
to a disproportionate degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his benefits were disproportionately generous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: proportionately
adverb
Meaning 3
out of proportion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this wall is disproportionately long
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: proportionately
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English disproportionate Middle English -ly English -ly English disproportionately From disproportionate + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: desproporcionadament — in a disproportionate manner
- Czech: neúměrně — in a disproportionate manner
- Danish: uforholdsmæssigt — in a disproportionate manner
- Danish: urimeligt — in a disproportionate manner
- Finnish: suhteettomasti — in a disproportionate manner
- Finnish: epäsuhtaisesti — in a disproportionate manner
- Hungarian: aránytalanul — in a disproportionate manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: uforholdsmessig — in a disproportionate manner
- Norwegian Nynorsk: uforholdsmessig — in a disproportionate manner
- Russian: непропорциона́льно (neproporcionálʹno) — in a disproportionate manner