All 3 Uses of
proportionate
in
The Age of Innocence
- "That shows you wanted me to," he returned, with a disproportionate joy in their nonsense.†
Chpt 15
- But the alarm had been great; and proportionately great was the indignation when it was gathered from Mrs. Mingott's fragmentary phrases that Regina Beaufort had come to ask her—incredible effrontery!†
Chpt 27 *
- As Mrs. Archer remarked, the Roman punch made all the difference; not in itself but by its manifold implications—since it signified either canvas-backs or terrapin, two soups, a hot and a cold sweet, full decolletage with short sleeves, and guests of a proportionate importance.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(proportionate) an appropriate size, amount, or degree in relation to something else