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“disproportionably” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disproportionably
inaequaliter (unequally; e.g., per inaequaliter eminentia rupis, Liv., Cels., Col.): inaequabiliter (Varr.): non aequaliter: impariter (so that they do not match; Hor.). They have built a house disproportionably small for the estate, villam minus magnam fecerunt, quam modus postulavit (Varr., R.R., 1, 11). Sometimes circumlocution by justo or solito (with comparative major, etc.), if the disproportion is between the actual and the usual property of anything.

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What is the Latin word for disproportionably?
The usual Latin words for “disproportionably” are inaequālis, impār, iūstus; also solitō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.