Literary notes about correspondingly (AI summary)
The term “correspondingly” is employed to link parallel changes or contrasting conditions between two aspects of a discussion, essentially indicating that one shift naturally comes with a proportionate adjustment in another. Authors use it to demonstrate that a specific alteration—whether it be quantitative or qualitative—in one element is mirrored by a similar transformation in another. For instance, in scientific discourse, phrases like “the cortical shell exhibit correspondingly a different number and disposition” ([1]) or “if large quantities of air are compressed … the pressure exerted becomes correspondingly greater” ([2]) connect measurement with effect, while in sociological or personal narratives, transitions such as “the child … assumes an air of independence, and parental authority is correspondingly weakened” ([3]) or “he was made correspondingly uneasy” ([4]) underline the balanced relationship between changing factors. This usage lends coherence to complex comparisons by mapping parallel dynamics across disparate subjects.
- The Latticed Domes (cupolas or chambers) of the cortical shell exhibit correspondingly a different number and disposition in the three known genera.
— from Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII by Ernst Haeckel - If, now, large quantities of air are compressed into a small space, the pressure exerted becomes correspondingly greater.
— from General Science by Bertha May Clark - The child being required to support himself early, assumes an air of independence, and parental authority is correspondingly weakened.
— from Unfettered: A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs - It was exactly what James, as we know, had come for, and he was made correspondingly uneasy.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy