All 3 Uses of
proportionate
in
Crime and Punishment
- Not to speak of the fact that crime has been greatly on the increase among the lower classes during the last five years, not to speak of the cases of robbery and arson everywhere, what strikes me as the strangest thing is that in the higher classes, too, crime is increasing proportionately.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- Raskolnikov noticed this disproportionate terror.†
Chpt 4.3
- The other corner was disproportionately obtuse.†
Chpt 4.4
Definition:
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(proportionate) an appropriate size, amount, or degree in relation to something else