Meaning of the word inversely in English

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inversely

US /ɪnˈvɝːs.li/
UK /ɪnˈvɝːs.li/

Adverb

1.

in such a way that one amount gets bigger as another gets smaller:

Example:
Sometimes it seems that press coverage of an event is inversely proportional to its true importance (= the more important the event, the less attention is paid to it).
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