proportionable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of proportionable
1350–1400; Middle English proporcionable < Late Latin prōportiōnābilis. See proportion, -able
Example Sentences
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Her impatience was proportionable to the love she had for them, and which made her wish to foreknow all the happiness that was like to attend them.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Daniel Defoe
The Shepheardes Calender Conteyning twelue Æglogues proportionable to the twelue monethes.
From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by W. W. Greg
It was merely attracted by both shot and cork ball, forming proportionable atmospheres round them, making them look beautifully, somewhat like some of the figures in Burnet's or Whiston's Theory of the Earth.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
And such had been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that Act of Parliament which had provided punishments proportionable to the quality of the offence.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen
All extra feeding, therefore, must be begun very gradually; and it does not appear, in any case, to produce proportionable results.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
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