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proportionably

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From proportionable + -ly.

  1. In a proportionable manner; proportionately.

    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[…].

    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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