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proˈportionableness [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality of being proportionable.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 17 This is the proportionableness of it [i.e. punishment]. 1698Atterbury Serm. (1723) I. 240 The fitness and proportionableness of their exceeding great recompence. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. ii. i. iii. 96 There is found generally an exact Proportionableness,..and Regularity in all their Passions. |