Both Uses of
proportionate
in
Washington Square
- The dusk had closed in completely and the street lamps were separated by wide intervals of a pavement in which cavities and fissures played a disproportionate part.†
Chpt 16
- This was a more authoritative speech than she had ever heard on her niece's lips, and Mrs. Penniman was proportionately startled.†
Chpt 25 *
Definition:
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(proportionate) an appropriate size, amount, or degree in relation to something else