Commensurate vs Properly - What's the difference?
commensurate | properly |
Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
To reduce to a common measure.
To proportionate; to adjust.
in a proper manner
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(obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
As an adjective commensurate
is of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.As a verb commensurate
is to reduce to a common measure.As an adverb properly is
in a proper manner.commensurate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own. - Report to the President on Southeast Asia-Vietnam by Senator Mike Mansfield, December 18, 1962
Antonyms
* incommensurateVerb
(commensurat)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
External links
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Alternative forms
* proprelyAdverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.}}
- Now herkenyth how I bar me properly . — Chaucer.
