proportioned, ppl. a.
(prəʊˈpɔəʃənd)
[f. proportion v. and n. + -ed.]
1. Adjusted in due proportion, measure, or relation to something else; proportionate.
| 1626 T. H[awkins] Caussin's Holy Crt. 111 The neast of the Halcyon..is so proportioned to the bird, as if it were sowed to her body. 1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. ii. 27 In æqui-angled Triangles all their Sides are proportioned. 1722 Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 681 Even when they have little prospect of being able to make any proportioned returns. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxi. IV. 550 Great as were the offences of this bad man, his punishment was fully proportioned to them. |
2. Formed with ‘proportions’; composed.
| a 1380 St. Augustine 736 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 74 Riht as i schulde [take] a medecyn Proporciont, boþe good and fyn. 1433 Lydg. S. Edmund i. 987 A bettir compact was ther noon a-lyue Nor proporcyownyd of fetures nor stature. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 158 A cocke framed and proporcioned after this sort. a 1704 T. Brown Praise Drunkenness Wks. 1730 I. 37 How strong and large are his legs, fit and proportion'd to support the noble structure above! 1791 Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, Another apartment, proportioned like the first. |
b. In combination with an adverb, as evil-proportioned, ill-proportioned, well-proportioned.
| c 1386 Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 184 The hors of bras..so heigh was, and so brood and long So wel proporcioned for to been strong. 1549 Compl. Scot. Prol. 12 Sche that hed ane veil proportionet body, hed euil proportionet feit. 1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. ii. Wks. 1856 I. 25 My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs. 1746–7 Hervey Medit. (1818) 62 It shall teach me not to think too highly of well-proportioned clay. 1877 W. Thomson Voy. Challenger I. ii. 113 Supported by low, gracefully proportioned..arches. |