Pro*por"tion*a*ble (?), a.

Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.

-- Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n.

But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke.

Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e., English writers'] own coining. Fitzed. Hall.

 

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