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proportionably, adv.|prəʊˈpɔəʃənəblɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In a proportionable manner or degree; in proportion; proportionately.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxx. (1859) 34 He shal be punisshed proporcionably after the tyme of his absence. 1551Recorde Cast. Knowl. (1556) 61 Euery one of the Paralleles in the heauen hath a lyke circle in the earthe proportionably drawen. 1656Hobbes Six Lessons Wks. 1845 VII. 221 Equal bodies of the same nature weigh proportionably to their magnitudes. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xx. (1869) I. 554 As he gradually advanced in the knowledge of truth, he proportionably declined in the practice of virtue. 1857Toulmin Smith Parish 107 Every occupier within the Parish is declared proportionably liable to contribute labour to the needful work. |