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Whatever tendency prevails among these populations, they will proportionably modify the character of the whole.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Changed "proportionably" to "proportionally" on page 198: "proportionally distinct."

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.

But all is changed; some word, some look excite the lagging blood, laughter dances in the eyes, and the spirits rise proportionably high.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

The saddle and bridle were proportionably magnificent, and the value of the silver employed in the whole equipment was more than 1500 dollars.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

My old competitor's newspaper declined proportionably, and I was satisfied without retaliating his refusal, while postmaster, to permit my papers being carried by the riders.

From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin