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 cathedral of Lincoln… is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
No appointment to office of any kind was made, except in consideration of a proportionable sum paid down into her own coffers.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Our laws are as well intended by their wise makers to screen the innocent, as to punish the guilty; and where their penalties are remarkably severe, the guilt they punish is of a proportionable size.
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 Defoe, Daniel
I expect measure hard enough and must furnish apace with proportionable armour.
From The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Ward, Nathaniel
We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are.
From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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