proportionable adjective. [prǝ'pɔ:ʃ(ǝ)nǝb(ǝ)l] LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin proportionabilis, from proportionare: see PROPORTION verb, -ABLE.]
1. That is in due proportion; corresponding, commensurate, proportional. LME.
b. Suitable, appropriate; analogous. E16-M18.

2. Well-proportioned; symmetrical. Now rare or obsolete. E17.

3. Relative, comparative. M17-L18.

■ proportionableness noun M17.

■ proportionably adverb LME.

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