The number of muffins that you'll receive will be inversely proportional to the number of times you talk on IRC.
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Inversely
Synonyms for "inversely" (40 found)
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bottom upby contrariescontracontrarilycontrariouslycontrariwiseconverselyhead over heelsheels over headin flat oppositionjust the opposite
Adverb(1 words)
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nay ratheron the contraryon the other handoppositelyotherwiseoverper contraquite the contraryratherto the contrarytopsy turvytopsy-turvytout au contraireturned aroundupside downvice versa
Adverb(4 words)
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2 entriesinverse proportionalityinverse relation
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5 entriesact inverselybehave inverselyinversely proportionalinversely relatedoppositely related
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If one person's qualities are really good, say this means they have one hundred points, but of those hundred they only give you thirty or forty, or even ten or twenty. Inversely, another person maybe only has seventy or eighty points, but they treat you with their heart and soul, then which person should you choose?
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Rapidity of rise may be inversely proportional to duration at altitude.
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The force of gravity between two objects is proportional to the product of the two masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers of mass.
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