All 5 Uses of
proportionate
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'Maybe so, but I am sanguine, and did expect,' said Nicholas, 'and am proportionately disappointed.'†
Chpt 16 *
- Having addressed these words to the combatants, he saluted Nicholas, who then observed that the face of Mr Crummles was quite proportionate in size to his body; that he had a very full under-lip, a hoarse voice, as though he were in the habit of shouting very much, and very short black hair, shaved off nearly to the crown of his head—to admit (as he afterwards learnt) of his more easily wearing character wigs of any shape or pattern.†
Chpt 22
- There is no lack of comfortable furnished apartments in Portsmouth, and no difficulty in finding some that are proportionate to very slender finances; but the former were too good, and the latter too bad, and they went into so many houses, and came out unsuited, that Nicholas seriously began to think he should be obliged to ask permission to spend the night in the theatre, after all.†
Chpt 23
- 'A beautiful bird!' said Arthur, after inquiring the price, and finding it proportionate to the size.†
Chpt 53
- When the delicate physical powers which have been sustained by an unnatural strain upon the mental energies and a resolute determination not to yield, at last give way, their degree of prostration is usually proportionate to the strength of the effort which has previously upheld them.†
Chpt 55
Definition:
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(proportionate) an appropriate size, amount, or degree in relation to something else