proportionable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonproportionable adjective
- proportionability noun
- proportionableness noun
- proportionably adverb
- unproportionable adjective
- unproportionably adverb
Etymology
Origin of proportionable
1350–1400; Middle English proporcionable < Late Latin prōportiōnābilis. See proportion, -able
Example Sentences
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The word derives from the Latin meaning “due mixture,” and one Oxford English Dictionary definition calls it “a moderate and proportionable mixture of elements in a compound.”
From Time
The number of children attending the schools is doubtless proportionably great.
From Project Gutenberg
France has, and ought to have, a great weight with America and 371 Holland, but other powers might have proportionable weight if they would have proportional merit.
From Project Gutenberg
No appointment to office of any kind was made, except in consideration of a proportionable sum paid down into her own coffers.
From Project Gutenberg
One great ground of confidence and support has, indeed, been struck from under my feet; but I have made it up to myself by proportionable pertinacity of opinion.
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