proportionably

English

Etymology

From proportionable +‎ -ly.

Adverb

proportionably (comparative more proportionably, superlative most proportionably)

In a proportionable manner; proportionately.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , I.40:
  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 […].
- 1798, Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, p.79:
  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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