Proportionably
Origin
From proportionable + -ly.
Full definition of proportionably
Adverb
proportionably
- In a proportionable manner; proportionately.
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.40:Happy is that man that hath so proportionably directed his estate, as his riches may discharge and supply the same, without care or encombrance to himselfe ....
- 1798, Thomas Malthus, , page 79:It may at first appear strange, but I believe it is true, that I cannot by means of money raise a poor man and enable him to live much better than he did before, without proportionably depressing others in the same class.