proportionable

American  

[pruh-pawr-shuh-nuh-buhl, -pohr-] / prəˈpɔr ʃə nə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- /

adjective

1. being in due proportion; proportional.

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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

If so, as I fought for you, as well as you for me, it gives me a proportionable Right to fleece you.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

I expect measure hard enough and must furnish apace with proportionable armour.

From The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Ward, Nathaniel

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 The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various

The experiment in Great Britain shows that a still greater reduction may be perfectly relied upon to give a rate of increase fully proportionable.

From Cheap Postage by Leavitt, Joshua

So imperceptibly has this turn of thought entered into our habits of mind, that, without further inquiry, such an application would appear perfectly natural and proportionable.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian