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

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 Jennings, Robert

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

A proportionable tax on houses the best source of revenue, 355.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

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.

Here we found an old-established empire advanced to its crisis; the magnificence and luxury of the great carried to the highest excess, and the people in a proportionable degree of oppression and debasement.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester