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proportional
What does proportional mean?
proportional (adjective): properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
What are synonyms of proportional?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “proportional” mean?
greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost
Not quite: that's what supreme means.
uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added
Not quite: that's what simple means.
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
Not quite: that's what beautiful means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “proportional”?
complete
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possible
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original
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relative
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