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Proportionately vs Answerably - What's the difference?

proportionately | answerably |

As adverbs the difference between proportionately and answerably

is that proportionately is in a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally while answerably is in suitable proportion; proportionately.

proportionately

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
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    answerably

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In suitable proportion; proportionately.
  • In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.
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  • , passage=Many of the ships, as they could see by the clear moonshine, had weighed anchor, and, profiting by the calm sky, proceeded for more distant parts; answerably to this, the rude alehouses along the beach (although in defiance of the curfew law, they still shone with fire and candle) were no longer thronged with customers, and no longer echoed to the chorus of sea-songs. }}