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proportionable
[ pruh-pawr-shuh-nuh-buhl, -pohr- ]
Other Words From
- pro·portion·a·bili·ty pro·portion·a·ble·ness noun
- pro·portion·a·bly adverb
- nonpro·portion·a·ble adjective
- unpro·portion·a·ble adjective
- unpro·portion·a·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of proportionable1
Example Sentences
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.”
The number of children attending the schools is doubtless proportionably great.
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.
No appointment to office of any kind was made, except in consideration of a proportionable sum paid down into her own coffers.
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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