Both Uses of

proportion
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Two and a half stories it stood, gracefully proportioned, with leaded glass windows and clapboards weathered to a silvery gray.
p. 30.1

proportioned = dimensioned (relative sizes)

Indeed, he had had little opportunity to be anything else, and he now seemed pleased out of all proportion at this slight notice from his master.
p. 62.7 *

proportion = appropriate amount

Definitions:

(1) (proportion as in: the proportion of females)
relative amount, quantity, or collection
The exact meaning of this sense of proportion is subject to its context. For example:
- "The female proportion is 50%." -- percentage or share
- "The proportion of oil to vinegar." -- ratio (quantity of something relative to the quantity of something else)
- "In the survey, the female proportion said..." -- group
(2) (proportion as in: a problem of large proportion)
size or dimension
(3) (proportion as in: respond in proportion)
appropriate in size, amount, or degree