• Proportionably

    Origin

    From proportionable + -ly.

    Full definition of proportionably

    Adverb

    proportionably

    1. 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.
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