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proportionative

proportionative adjective: proportional; proportionate.

Adjective

proportionative (comparative more proportionative, superlative most proportionative)

  1. Proportional; proportionate.
    • Proportionative assertives occur in styles of all kinds, from the least formal to the most formal. Satisfactory declarative equivalents do not exist.1971, Ralph B. Long, Dorothy R. Long, The System of English Grammar (page 113)

Forms of proportionative

comparativemore proportionative
superlativemost proportionative

Questions about proportionative

What does proportionative mean?
Proportionative means proportional; proportionate.
What part of speech is proportionative?
Proportionative is an adjective.

Words near proportionative in the dictionary

  1. proportionated
  2. proportionately
  3. proportionateness
  4. proportionates
  5. proportionating
  6. proportionative
  7. proportionator
  8. proportionators
  9. proportioned
  10. proportioner
  11. proportioners

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