commensurately
adverb
commensurately is an adverb meaning “In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-S-U-R-A-T-E-L-Y and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does commensurately mean?
adverb
- 1
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
- 2
With equal measure or extent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce commensurately?
Commensurately has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of commensurately
- more commensurately comparative
- most commensurately superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is commensurately?
Commensurately appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Commensurately in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | proportionnel , convergent, correspondant |
| German | entsprechend, gleichermaßen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does commensurately come from?
From commensurate + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).